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Les diagrammes suivants iilustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 y SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME. >» » »#» TESTIMONIALS PRUM THB UNITBr) STATES ►' ♦ '^ MONTREAL : BERALD STEAM rRESS, 809 KOrRl DAME BTKRET. 1864. I'^M?*! & '^1»<* • -I I ■ «• ->'•• '?^ H 1* ■ t I Jr TESTIMONIALS. I !, I 4 J NoHTH Blackstohr, Mass., October 31, 1862. Mr. Wm. L. Bradley, — Dear Sir: — I uted the Coe's Super-phos- phate of Lime, with the following result : Planted four rows com, using in the hill thirty-eight pounds Super- phosphate, value ninety cents, which yielded five bushels good, quarter bushel poor com. One load barn manure, value $1.25, yielded four and a half bushels good, quarter bushel poor corn. Without any thing, two and seven-eighths bushels good, half bushel poor com. The Phosphate and manure were pat in the hill at planting, and nothing else was put on the land either before or after planting. The land was a rather high loam in rather poor condition. It was planted with com last year, with a light coating of manure spread on before planting. I tried the same experiment on potatoes, with similar result. Truly yours. A. J. ALDKICH. PiTTSFiBLD, N. H., Deemher 22, 1862. Mr. R. L. FRENCH,^Dear Sir : — In answer to your inquiries relative to Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, I will say, I bought of you last spring one barrel, (the first I ever bought,) and used it on my corn crop. The result of my experiment far exceeded my expectations. 1 do not hesitate to recommend it to my neighbors, and shall continue to use it myself. Truly yours, PAUL C. LANE. This may certify that we, the subscribers, residing in the town of Danville, and State of Vermont, have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, for the last two years, and can say that we have found it a very valuable fertilizer for both grain and vegetable crops, and can cheerfully reconunend its use. L. C. PORTER. HORATIO RANKIN. GEO. B. DAVIS. December 29, 1862. WALTER DAVIS. E. A. BiXL. Norwich, Ct., — Sir : — Last spring, I bought of you between one and two hundred pounds of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, for a trial experiment, and found it a moat valuable manure for corn, potatoes, squaboei, and cucumbers, and in fact for any field or garden crop what- ever. I planted my corn and potatoes on new broke up ground : the corn came up very quick and grew so flourishing that it drew the atten- tion of all passers along the road, and held in that promising conditirn through the leason. My potatoe crop was much benejied by the use of it. I think it protected it against the '* rot," and also against the white worm, although they were excessively thick in the ground. Finally, I look upon it to be an excellent and cheap fertilizer. Yours truly, JOSEPH M. COOMBS. Pbeston, Ct., January 2, 1863. • N- B. Providence permitting, I shall use it next year on a more extended scale. Shall want four or five hundred weight the spring coming. Oabdinbb, Me., December 29, 1862. Messrs. Bbadstbkbt & Mobbill, — Gentlemen: — Having the past season used Coe*s Super-phosphate of Lime, side by side with " Peru- vian Ouano " and " Poudrette," and being so well pleased with the effect it produced, I have no hesitation in pronouncing Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime the best fertilizer of the three. I am no farmer, but as I have had a fair common-sense trial of these fertilizers, I thought I would give you the result, and let any one draw their own conclusions. I have always been a strong 'advocate of "Poudrette" for corn, and also " Peruvian Ouano," having sold them for a number of years. Last spring, having a piece of sandy loam land well run out, to lay down to grass, I concluded to try for myself the effects of the different kinds of fertilizers. I planted this piece with corn^ dividing it as near as I could into three divisions. One-third I manured with Coe's Super-phosphate, one-third '^Poudrette," and one-third Ouano. In the start I think the " Poudrette " had the preference, but after the firpt hoeing I could per- ceive a marked difference between the three divisions. The Phosphate was far ahead of the others, showed the best stocks in size and color, and at the end of the season was by far the best corn. Very respectfully yours, B. A. NEAL. Lebanon, Ct., January 20, 1863. Mr. E. A. BiLii, Norwich, Ct., — Dear Sir : — In the spring of 1862, I bought a quantity of Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime of you, and used it on buckwheat, corn, grass, and rye, with excellent results ; the quantity of buckwheat was more than doubled, and weighed "fifty pounds" per bushel. The Phosphate was sowed broad-cast, and harrowed in with the grain the 14th of July, on land from which I mowed a crop of grass just previous to breaking up. I also put it on corn in the hill, as per direction in the pamphlet, and my crop of corn was increased one-fourth. One of my neighbors used it on land where plough-joggers, or ground moles, were very troublesome. Where the Phosphate was applied they did not go through the hills and destroy the corn, but went round them ; whereas, in the same field, where no Phosphate was used, they injured his crop very much. He says he gained fifty bushels of corn by its use. I consider it the best Phosphate I ever iised. Respectfully, &c., L. L. HUNTINGTON. South Windsob, Ct., January, 1863. W. R. Loom IS, Hartford, Ct., — I am the owner and cultivator of a farm n the Connecticut Valley, four or five acres of which I designed planting hj the use a{;ainst' the he ground, r. OOMBS. on a more the spring 29, 1862. IK the past rith " Peru- id with the oe's Super- farmer, but I thought I conclusions. rn, and also ears. Last lay down to int kinds of r as I could r-phosphate, I think the [ could per- i Phosphate I and color, . NEAL. 20, 1863. ig of 1862, I ad used it on ( quantity of tounds" per ved in with irop of grass I hill, as per [ one-fourth, s, or ground applied they round them ; they injured a by its use. [NOTON. ary, 1863. ,tor of a farm ned planting with corn, but being submerged by a late iVeshet in May, I was not able to plaTit until June ; consequently, 1 purchased of you a ton of Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime, which was applied in the hill ; the corn came up quick, grew rapidly, and matured early and perfectly. My neighbor adjoining had planted his corn on land more elevated. His corn was being hoed \vhen mine was being planted. Mine was in the tassel first and ripe first, and although his was planted with a shoTelftil of barn- yard manure in the hill, he said to me he should have been the gainer to have used the Super-phosphate and saved the manure for other pur- poses. In conclusion, I say, I shall the coming season, use probably two tons of Coe's Supr-phosphate of Lime. My neighbors, who have used it on tobacco, are fully satisfied with its good results. Yours, .ENOCH W. PELTON. Danvillk, Vt., December 28, 1862. The undersigned has used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime for several years' past with very satisfactory results. I bought eight hundred pounds last season, which I put in the hill for corn, potatoes and ruta- bagas. It doubled my crop 'of potatoes and turnips. My corn was also very nearly double in amount, with more than three times the amount of purfipkins. In fact, I believe that the extra pumpkins paid for the Phosphate I used on my corn crop. JOSEPH CUMMINGS. Danville, Vt., December 29, 1862. I used one ton of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime t> i ast season, mostly on potatoes, corn and turnips. I am satisfied that il was a good investment. My corn was earlier and my potatoes much better where I used it. I shall use more of it the coming season. HORACE LAWRENCE. PiTTSFiELD. N. H., December 22, 1862. R. L. French, Esq., — Sir : — I bought of you last spring one barrel of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime and used it on my corn crop. I found it the best artificial manure which has come under my observation. I would recommend it to all farmers. S. B. PERKINS. Cbanston, R. I., January 10, 1863. D. C. Jenckes, Esq., Providence, — Dear Sir: — I have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime the past season on corn, potatoes, beets, car- rots, cabbages, early lettuce, cucumbers and squashes, with perfect satis- faction. Yours, die, ANDREW REID. Passuhfsi , Vt., December 27, 1862. To Whom it mat Concebn: — Having seen the results of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, as used by several of my neighbors on tur- ^1^. nipt, eorn «nd potatoei, I wh induced lait spring to purebaw •ome five hundred pounde for my own um. Though a very dry aeaaon, ita reauUi were favorable. Where uaed on my corn, Iho crop waa at leaat one week earlier ripe than on the aame field where either hog irianure or night soil was uaed, prepared on •cientific principles. I consider thia brand of Super-phosphate an exoeU [eat addition to the manure heap of the fanner. J. P. FOSTER. Whatilt, Mats., January 33, 1863. Wm. L. Bradlbt, — Sir : — This is to certify that I used Coe's 8uper« phosphate of Lime last season, in connection with a well known Phos- )>nate. I used it by putting it in the hill with my tobacco, two rows of Coe's and two rowa of a well known Phosphate. Where I used Coe's my t)bacco was much the best all through the season. We used one ton of eich kind. I think Coe's Phosphate a valuable fertilizer for tobacco. Yours, with respect. ALONZO CRAFl'S. Wm. L. Bradlbt: — Having used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime fir two or three years, I am fully convinced that it is an excellent fertilizer for corn and potatoes, put in the hill ; and also as a top>dress« in^ before first hoeing. I have realised better and earlier crops from tne Phosphate than from barn-yard manure, used side by side, and I would cordially recommend it to be sown broad-cast when rye, oats, or millet is to be sown. Sow the seed and then the Phosphate, harrow all in together at the rite of three or four hundred pounds to the acre. I have used it on g irden vegetables to my entire satisfaction. PERRY WOOD. Mbndon, January 1, 1863. t Office of Supbbintbndbmt of Statb Rbfobx School, < 8T4TB OF COMNECTICVT, I Wbst Mbbidbm, Ftbruary 7, 1863. W|i. L. Bbadlbt, Esq.,— My Dear Sir : — Inclosed please find a statement of the farmer at the State farm connected with this institu- tion. I cheerfully and cordially indorse his statement, most of the facts contained therein having come under my own observation. I had much rather use the Super-phosphate to insure a crop than any other material now in use. Truly yours, E. W. HATCH, SuperintendmU State Farm. West Meridbn, Ct., February 6, 1863. Wm. L. Bradlrt, — Sir: — Having used Coe's Super-phosphate of Jjime for two years "ast» 1 am hapny to state that I have obtained from it very satisfactory results. The economy of using this and similar fer- tilizors being still an open question, I wished to ascertain its actual ice aome five here ueed on on the Mme prepared oa »te an excel- FOSTER. 33, 1863. Doe*» Super* mown Fhos- two rows of led Coe's mf id one ton of CRAFTS. kte of Lima an excellent I a top-dresa- r crops from ij side, and len rye, oats, ;ether at the ve used it on r WOOD. [ School, [ease find a . this institu- of the facts rop than any rintendent. y 6, 1863. phosphate of htained from 1 similar fer- lin it* actual Talue, as well as its vtilue in comparison with other fertilizers in the market. « , . i Having prepared the ground with manure, sufficient to insure a gooa orop of corn, I planted alternately, with and without Coe's Phosphate, using at the rate of two hundred pounds to the acre. The result was entirely satisfactory. The corn planted on Phosphate developed most rapid!/, matured nearly two weeks earlier, and yielded an increase of twenty per cent, over that planted with no fertUiier in the hill. Other experimenU proved Coe's Super-phosphate superior in value to any other fertiliser used. Allow me to say that those results, with others upon difforent soils and with various crops, oonvinood me of its reha- bility and of the economy of using it. Yours, truly, L. P. CHAMBERLAIN, Faermer, CiJLBBMOiiT, N. H., January 12, 1863. L. B. Blows,— Dear Sir:— I have used Coe's Supor-phosphate of Lime for the last four years with marked effeoU. It was applied in the hill to corn and poUtoes. causing a more rapid and vigorous growth, and better crop than was produced by good barn manure alone, an'< so long as you continue to keep for sale an article producing like result*, •hall continue its use. Very truly yours, WSl. E. TUTHERLY. DaifviLti, Vt, December 28, 1882. Wm. L. Bbadlet, Boston :— I have used Coe's Super-phosphate oJ Lime two years. I am satisfied it is valuable as a means to produce heavier crops and to bring them to maturity earlier, than any other fer- tilizer I have used. For corn, potatoes and beans, a small handful in a hill makes a marked gr'-'vth above common manure. For wheat and new stocked lands it pa 'ell. , . ,^. . » j I have inquired of m) neighbors who have used the Phosphate, and they agree with me in results. ^,^„a ' Respectfully youra, B. N. DAVIS. Gbeimfibld, March 7, 1863. Mr. Wm. L. Bbadlet,— Dear Sir :— At the request of a friend of yours, whi was aware of my using Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, manufactured by you in Boston, I very cheerfully bear my testimony in its favor. , I have used it for years, having purchased it of Arms & Co., of this town, your agenU, and I consider it decidedly the best special fertilizer in use. It is particularly beneficial to com and roots ; one of the besu pieces of corn in this town was grown on old sod grounds with no other fer- tilizer. , ^ . , I am glad to know that you are determined to keep the arUcle up to the analysis made by Dr. A. A. Hayes. ^„„„,tt,t t Very truly yours, JAMES 8. GRENNELL. RoxBVBT, Chhmibb Co., N. H., /amiary 14, 1863. Mr. Wm. L. BnAntiT, Boston,— Dear Sir:— I wi«h you to know th« result of my inreitinent in th« purchase of 125 pounds of your Coe's Phosphate of Lime last spring. After using about fifteen pounds in iry garden, I put the rest of it (110 pounds) o.i less than three-quaHers ofone acre of rather dry and warm land, using one spoonftil to each hill of corn, in addition to the usual manure used in this section of the coun- try, and leaving a few rows at ono side of the field, without the Phos- phate in the hill, not having enough for the whole field. I noticed a great difllVrence in the looks of my corn at the first hoeing, and still great«r at the second hoeing, and at the end of the season 1 found the Phosphate ripened every hill of corn grown on It two weeka earlier, while the outside rows, being very backward and small, were killed by frost. So I would have had a very poor crop of corn, ex^ -"pt for using j/our Phosphate, which I think the best fertilizer ever used. The result was, I had sixty bushels ears, as full, large and handsome corn as ever \'^^\ *"** **° bushels ears made over one bushel com when shelled. Others in town, like myself, made the same experiment with your Phos- phate with the same good resulti. I think, Sir, you will find a growing demand for the article, and beside you, with the inventor (Mr. Coe,) may be named as benefactors of your race, in causing two spears of grass to grow where but one waa ever known before, and a good, thrifty, sure crop of corn which has not been raised, one year in five, in this town for the past twenty- five yeara. ' I shall use it on other fields aa well as corn this year, if it is to be had of you or your agents in Keene. I am. Sir, respectfully yours, J. WHITNEY LAWRENCE. Campo. Bello, N. B., November 27, 1862. 8. B. Wadswortr & Son, Eastport, Me.,— Gentlemen :— Having used the Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime upon turnips, carrots, and potatoes this last season, alongside of the barn-yard manure, using the former at the rate of three bags of 126 pounds each per acre, and the latter at about twenty cart loads, our usual quantity, per acre. In every case I have found the yield from the Phosphate to be fully equal to, if not greater than from the other manure. Consequently, the Phosphate did not cost so much by one-half aa the other, so that there is a saving of fifty per cent, this yeai, as also the time which is lost in the filling, carting and epreading the barn-yard manure, but which is all saved in using the Phosphate ; and should there be any good eflect from it in next year's crop, as I have every reason to believe there will, it will enhance it still more, but even with the one year's crop, it amply repays for its cost. I am, gentlemen, your obfdient servant, LUKE BYRON. I hereby certify that, in the spring of the year 1860, I was induced from re))orts to try some of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime as a fertil- izer on my corn. I applied it to my com as soon as it was fairly out of •4 8ro^nd|. perhaps one inch high, as follows : Commencing on one side of my piece of corn, I applied it to two rows, then omitted two rows, then applied i*. to two rows, and so on, alternately, until my Phosphate try M. 1863. 1 you to know la of your Coe's tetn poundt in 1 three-quarteri lAil to each hill ion of the eoun> hout the Phos- d. I noticed a oeing, and atill ion I found the • weeks earlier, were killed by x^.-'pt for using id. The reault le corn as ever I when ahelled. ith your Phoi- le article, and aa benefactors re but one was »f corn which ) past twenty- it is to be had lwrence. er27, 1862. —Having used d potatoes this former at the latter at about ry case I have if not greater :e did not cost ng of fifty per ;, carting and I in using the in next year's nhance it still or its cost. S BYRON. [ was induced le as a fertiK I fairly out of Dcing on one ;ted two rows, ay Phosphate was gone, putting about one table-spoonAil on a hill. Now for tht result. In about one week's time thu difference might bo plainly seen, the corn with the Phosphate having assumed a dark green in pUin con- trast with the other. It seemed to grow much faster than the corn without Phosphate, and continued so through the season, and at hurvest I hid as much corn on two rows with Phosphute as uii four rows without it. I used it in 1861 and 1862 with the same beneflcial results Now I shall experiment with it no more, but if it can he had I shall p irchase enough of it to go over my corn patch, more or less. I have no hesitation in recommending it to the public as a most excellent fertilizer. JOSEPH HOIT. DixMoiTT Ckntrb, December 22, 1862. OAXuiirBB, Me., December 2\), 1862. Messrs. Rradstbirt & Mobbbli., — Gentlemen : — I have used Coo's Super-phosphate of Lime with good success, and consider it tho best fertilizer in the market; I have used it for corn, potatoes, and squwhes, with a good result. I am of the opinion that if its use was m >re gen- eral we should not so often be pained in harvesting not more than one- half of the crops wo ought from the soil which Ood has t^ivcn us to cltivata. *" " F. P. PATTEN. EDMA.NDS, December 2, 1862. Messrs. Wadswobth & SoK, Rastport, Me., — Gentlemen : — I have used the Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime for the laat two seasons, for a top-dressing for potatoes previously manured with barn manure. I used the Phosphate in alternate lots of a few rows. I found a material benefit, and I got one-third more potatoes where the Phospl. »to was used. My neighbors have found it very beneficial on their turnips. ' Youra, GEO. LITTLE. Messrs. Jobbph Bbbck & Sow, Boston,— Gentlemen :— For two yeara past I have used Coe'a Super-phosphate of Lime on a piece of land with great success. The corn on which I used it came up first, the worms did not touch it, and it was much the largest, ripened first, filled the best, yielding at least twice as much in the same number of hills as where none was used. My potatoes were larger and better, and almost entirely free from the •♦ potato rot," while, in the same field, those in which it was not used decayed badly. I have tried it in comparison with other manures, but have found nothing to equal it. For tomatoes, and garden vegetables irenerally, I consider it exceedingly valuable. * ' Rev. K p. CUSHING. St. Johksbuby, Vt., December, 1862. Boston, January 1, 1863. Messrs. Jonvu Bbeok & Sow,— Gentlemen :— I wish to add my testimony to that of many others in favor of the use of Coe'a Super- phoaphate of Lime as a farm and garden fertilizer. My farm is loeated in Conway, N. H., on the bank of Saco River, fine interval land, and i' I I naturally productive. Laat year I planted five acres with com of the •' eight-row " variety, putting in each hill about a gill of the phosphate. The result was very satisfactory, for while my neighbors' fields were severely ravaged by the worm, mine were entirely free, the crop aver- aging about thirty-five bushels of shelled corn to the acre, and verr little •' pig corn." » / I also planted two and a half acres with potatoes of the " orange " variety, with equally satisfactory resulto ; the yield was abundant, the skins Btnouth, and the crop altogether a hundred per cent, better than the product of the same piece of land planted with barn manure last year. Yours truly, FRANCIS E. FAXON. Mr. Edwim Chick,— -Dear Sir:— Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, which I had of you last year, I was much pleased with. I tried it ou various crops in the garden, also in my hot-beds, and in potted plants m the green house, in all of which applications there was a very per- ceptible improvement in the growth of plants, and I can safely recom- mend it to farmers, gardeners, and florists. Banoob, December 26, 1862. ALBERT NOYES. Lkominsteb, Mass., December 1, 1862. Mr. C. C. BoTDBN,— -Sir: — I have made some experiments with the Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime I bought ot" you last spring, and with most favorable results. In a field of com which was well manured with green manure, ploughed in, and with a shovelful of compost in the hill, one row was planted with a table-spoonful of Super-phosphate in place of the shovel- ful of compost, and by weight produced 25 per cent, more than the row beside it planted with the manure, and ripened at least ten days earlier. One-half of a small piece sown with ruta-bagas was manured liberally in the drill with barn-yard manure, and the other with Super-phosphate at the rate of four hundred pounds per acre, and there was no percepti- ble difference in the yield, both giving a good crop. Yours, &c., A. L. BURDITT. SuNDBBiuiirD, Mass., Jtunutry 5, 1863. Mr. Wm. L. Bbadlet,— Dear Sir :— For the past few years I have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, and with nniform success. I have used it on all kinds of soil, almost, with equal satisfaction. In 1861, 1 ploughed a part of an old, worn out pasture, which I had recentfy purchased, and after harrowing in about ten oart loads of course manure to the acre, the land was furrowed and a small shovelful of fine com- post manure was put in a hill, and a table-spoonful of the Super-phos- phate ; this was covered with a thin covering of earth, and the corn (having first been soaked in a strong sulphate of iron water for twenty- four hours,) was planted npon it. It came up in five days, having a very dark-green color, which it retained through the season, grew raDidlv. riDened Aarrlv with •.fair nvnn On • «....»«« »r ._ • At.- . * - I — ^ — — — -*^- »-— ^ ,|.,^{-,^2 VI ati t«;x"xr iu (UU same piece, treated in precisely the same way with the esception of the Phosphate, tiiere were not ten ripe eats whan it was harvested, and not «• with corn of the ill of the phosphate, ighbors' fields were free, the crop aver- the acre, and very 98 of the " orange " 1 was abundant, the er cent, better than h barn manure last 18 E. FAXON. ihosphate of Lime, with. I tried it on nd in potted plants ere was a very per- I can safely recom- BERT NOYES. hesmber 1, 1862. cperiments with the 8t spring, and with ith green manure, e hill, one row was place of the shovel- more than the row Bt ten days earlier. i manured liberally h Super-phosphate e was no percepti- . L. BURDITT. Twmary A, 1863. t few years I have m success. I have letion. In 1861, 1 ich I had recently Is of course manure velful of fine com- of the Super-phos- irth, and the corn I water for twenty- five days, having a the season^ grew I VI nu a^tv VCi cue le esception of the harvested, and not 8 more than half the amount of fodder. I used it last year on a piece of first class meadow, and upon another piece of the same pasture with the moat gratifying success, and taking the quality of the land into con- sideration, in both cases, my corn was uniformly pronounced " vhe bes in town." I used it last year, also, on broom corn, with one-half a' spoonful to a hill ; the crop came forward finely, ripened early, witli more than an average crop of brush, and sixty buBheU of seed to the ucre weighing forty-eight pounds to the bushel. On potatoes it produces the same results uniformly, and on a garden it is invaluable. It is pr;)pcr here to remark that the yield of timothy and clover on the pustuie piece of 1861 was as much greater about the hills where the Phosphate was used last season, comparatively, hs wis the corn the yeiir before. To those who are agitating the question, whether the use of Hhosphat^i will pay, I have only to say,— Gentlemen, get a good article, use it carefully, and you will, as I do not, be entirely satisfied with the result. Most respectfully y<„ir8. Da. N. G. TROW. Augusta, Me., November 11, 1R62. J. McAkthur, Esq.,— Df ar Sir :— Wishing to make a trial of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, I purchased of you last spring one bag con- taining 125 lbs. I used it chiefly upon corn, in the following manner : The fall previous I broke up three-quarters of an acre of old mowing that had received no munure for six years. The soil was a light, san.ly loam. In the spring I hauled on to the piece nine small cart loads of manure from a manure shed, and had it spread upon the surface and harrowed in with a Bucklin harrow. The Super-phosphate was applied in the hill without any other dressi ig, a table-spoonful being put in each hill. The spring was very dry, and indeed "the .entire season was one remarkable for the absence of rain, consequently, the manure spread upon the surface could have done but little good. The corn came up well, but looked small, for about a fortnight, when it began to grow very rapidly and to change its color to a dark, healthy green. From this time it continued to grow, notwithstanding the absence of rain, and it was so far ahead of corn in the same field— but planted without the use of Phosphate— and upon farms adjoining, that the early frost, last August, which destroyed and injured much of the corn in the neighborhood, did not harm it, as it was out of the way of it, being at least ten days earlidf than that planted at the same time, but without the aid of the PhosphatCi Not only this, corn in the same field and upon farms adjoining was badly injured by the cutworm, but that planted upon the^ Phosphate had not a hill missing from this cause. The yield of the three-quarter acre I am unable to give, as it has been harvested during my absence, but it is much the best piece of corn I ever raised, and better than any grown in my neighborhood the present season. Many of my neighbors visited the corn-field while it was grow- ing, and are intending to use the Coe's Super-phosphate largely the next season, as I myself also shall. I am satisfied with my limited trial of it, that it is a most valuable and economical fertilizer. My Jatm is fiituated in Norridgewock, Somerset County, Truly yours, S. L. BOARDMAN, * Junior Editor, Maine Fariutr, 10 W- *!. u .,. , ^""WBi'D. Mm8., Deem J«r 11, 1862. believe u an economic*! and valuable fertUi™ * '**»"«»«»><">• We R. HAWKINS. GEORGE CLARKE. CHARLES T. BUNKLEY. S. W. LINCOLN. JOSHUA S. TILLOTSON. a rl" menl^n ^f •;;«;?oe'i'^^ T .''7 ?-'^' "•^"^^ ^^^ YouM, truly, STEJ^HEN REED. Ww T o „ ^ MiBiCKSTitLK,- Mass., JonuoTy 6, 1863. would recohimend all Ws!Thrwi?hT;aSeterg^^^^^^^^^^ ft^fhe least expense, to u.e Coe's Super-phosphate of Ume. *^ ^"^ ** '^"^ . RespectfuUy yours, WM. SIMMS. „ _ NoBTH Clabendow, January 1, 1863. Messrs. French & Kiwgsiet. Rutland Vt — rn«'- a.,/ V v of Lime, that I purchased of you last sprini I ;i;d i^the CnVl^^^^^^ m pay, that I shall probably use a large* quantity the coming season. Respectfully yours, J. L. MARSH. W^ T n Shelbubne Faws, Mass., January 19, 1863. ofmyeUr^wiry^ctr^uUr^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ penments have been on i worn-out and^L'ndotd Jieee oflj^d ' "' in k'^Tr^^Tmruir^ant^eSr « ^'"'^ "^ '^^ ^^^ ^-^ ceiii"eee%'ti7irv?'utd "^rhivt^^s'^'"'*^ °^ ^'- ^" «■ •nd nasturina. ^ '^' ^^"""^ tried it on corn, mowing land »p.air durag U.e MMon, ..d .t bM,..ti„g w» LVurth hSX a ■mher 11, 1862. S. Reed, agent of t satisfaction. We 18. MRKE. r. BUNKLEY. OLN. TILLOTSON. a few names and IJme. They are abate sold was to 1 since I received mony in its favor ^HEN REED. nuarjf 6, 1863. id Coe's Super- ly used Peruvian e I have used the phate of Lime is le price. And I gest crops at the >VM. SIMMS. iuary 1, 1863. Super-phosphate be hill with corn lore apparent on ith precision, its nducted the ex- satisfied that it soming season. . L. MARSH. ary 19, 1863. end a statement Lime. My ex- of land. for four years, f Lime has ex> , mowing land ring some rows er, grew more th heavier. On mowing land it produced equally satisfactory results. I have tried it on worn-out pasturing, covered with brake, with very excellent effects ; the brakes die and a good quality of grass succeeds them. For garden vegetables, I regard it as a valuable fertilizer. I recommend to farmers, having worn-out lands, to test the experi- ment of using Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime. Very respectfully yours, Db. A. H. TAYLOR, Boston, February 10, 1863. Wjc. L. Bbadlet, Esq., — Manufacturer of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime: — In the spring of 1862, I wished to cultivate several acres of light, sandy land, at Pocasset, Massachusetts. I had no stable or other manure, and purchased 1,800 pounds of your Super-phosphate, and applied it in the hill at the rate of about 400 pounds to the acre. My corn, beans, potatoes and vegetables generally did excellently well, and were better than my neighbor's on similar ground, with other manures. At the second hoeing, I applied upon corn, potatoes and beans, about the same quantity to the hill of your Super-phosphate, Fish Ouano and Peruvian Guano, ten rows each, leaving two rows between the lots without manure, and during the growth and at harvest, I could not discover that the second manuring produced any effect. In a heavy and strong soil, I had an application made, but as it was not under my own supervision, I cannot speak confidently of the results. ' I believe your Super-phosphate far superior to those 1 have heretofore used, and to be a very valuable and economical fertilizer, and intend to continue my experiments with it. Respectfully, J. H. W. PAGE. ScFFiELD, Ct., February, 1863. W. L. Bbadlet, Esq., — Dear Sir: — Last summer I used three bags of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime on about two acres, set to tobacco, and the good effect on the crop was perfectly manifest, and I am so well pleased with it that I design using one ton next season. Yours, truly, T. C. AUSTIN. Ma,nche8teb, Ct., February, 1863. W. L. BBA.DLEY, Esq., — Sir : — I used of your Super-phosphate last year, four bags, mostly on tobacco, with but very little other manure. My crop was good, it grew rapidly, although the land was not in a high state of cultivation, and I most cheerfully give my testimony in favor of your Super-phosphate over all other fertilizers, and shall use it abun- dantly next season. Yours, truly, SIDNEY GRANT. ' SuFFiELD, Ct., February, 1863. Wm. L. Bbadlet, Esq., — Dear Sir : — At the time my tobacco was set last ?eagoR, I wp.g awsy in Kentucky. My man bought one bag of Coe's Super-phosphate of LiTne, as an experiment. This he used in two rows through the field. On my return home and turning my attention n to the tobacco field, I discovered those two rows ahead of the others and continued the largest and matnred two weeks earliest. I shall use your Phosphate liberally this year. Very respectfully yours, HENRY SMITH. Bebmabdstok, February 16, 1863. William L. Bbadley, Ksq.,— Dear Sir :— Your favor of the 16th ult,, came duly to hand, but in the piess of busineBS was mislaid and forgotten. 1 have used Cce's Super-phosphate of Lime for the past three yeiis with very beneficial results. No concentrated manure I have ever used has proved so satisfactory. I have applied it upon corn, in the hill at planting, upon oats, wheat and buckwheat, harrowing in at time of sowing, and upon all kinds of garden vegetables usually raised by farmers. I have also sown it broad-cast upon pastures, and as a top-dressing for seeding, on a sod turned over in August. It has, in all the above cases, fully answered my expectations; When applied upon corn, I have left an occasional row without the application, and the difference would always be distinctly noticeable at some distance from the field, and continued till harvest. Owing to the fact that I am necessarily absent from home in the autumn, and intrust my harvesting to other hands, I have not made such accurate experiments with the Phosphate as I could wish, but am fully satisfied it is a manure that pays richly. Asking you to excuse my long neglect, I remain Yours truly, S. N. BE00K8. To THE Editobs of THE BosTON PosT, — Gentlemen: — ^The testi- monials to the many valuable qualities of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, multiply from all quarters. Wishing that the public may be reliably informed upon this really valuable fertilizer, we send for insertion in your paper a letter from our well known citizen Fbamcis E. Faxon, Esq. His integrity and practi- cal farming intelligence are well known to all his acquaintances. Boston, April 1, 1862. Messrs. Coe & Co., — Gentlemen : — I am the owner of an " interval " farm in Conway, N. H., and by the way of experiment I purchased last year, of Messrs. Breck & Son, two tons of Coe's Super-phosphate, and I am so well satisfied with the effect produced, that I have purchasecT of the same house four tons for use the coming season. My experiment was made as follows :— On the 10th of May, 1861, 1 broke up an acre of cold land, which had been used for a calf pasture for many years. After harrowing thoroughly, I put in each hill a handful! of Phosphate, mixing it slightly with the loam. From the acre I harvested eighty-four bushels of ears, all sound and filled over the ends. One row I planted Without the Phosphate, the result was, stalks a foot in height and not, one ear of corn. For garden use I consider it the best stimulant I ever saw, the wprms and bugs giving it a wide berth. . of the others and I shall -use your NRY SMITH. ruary 16, 1863. favor of the 16th i was mislaid and past three yetrs ed so satisfactory, upon oats, wheat upon all kinds of as a top-dressing pectations*. row without the ictly noticeable at t. from home in the ive not made such vish, but am fully N. BE00K8. men: — ^The testi- iper-phosphate of 1 upon this really r a letter from our egrity and practi- Eiintances. Apnl 1, 1862. of an " interval " I purchased last ■phosphate, and I ave purchasedfof My experiment broke up an acre > for many years, all of Phosphate, ested eighty-four •be row I planted 1 height and not r saw, the wprms 13 In the fall of 1860, 1 sowed down six acres to grass, manuring with 626 pounds of Phosphate per acre. The result has been highly satis- factory tnns far, and I think it will be a lasting and valuable fertilizer. Yours, respectfully, . FRANCIS E. FAXON. COE'S SLPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME FOR TOBACCO. Obeenfield, March 15, 1862. Deab Sib, — Last seai^on I examined your list of testimonials, to ascertain the value of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, as a fertil- izer for tobacco, but finding nothing on the subject, I ventured to try it on about three-quarters of an acre, by the side of some that was well manured with stable dung and guano put in the hill. I used about a table-spoonful of the Phosphate in the hill, making the hills three or four days before setting the plants. The results were very much in favor of the Phosphate. The plarits started strong, grew stocky, and kept far ahead of the others all through the season. The leaves were long and broad, and ripened earlier ; and here I would remark that a large part of the^e plants were set as late as the middle of July, on account of having no rains from the middle of June until the fore part of July. Where the Phosphate was used mine was quite as early as my neighbors. In short, I have so much confidence in its utility over every other fertilizer for tobacco, that I shall use it the coming season on my whole crop. I made no figures on the results, as the benefits were so apparent to every one who saw the crop that I did not consider it necessary. Respectfully yours, CHARLES B. CLARK. p. s — With this I enclose a statement of Mr. Frank Mather, a neigh- bor and an intelligent farmer. In reference to my own statements Mr. Lucius Nims, A. Clark and J, A. Clark can testify to my account. Mr. Sanford Howard, of the Boston Cultivator, is acquainted with the parties. Gbeenfield, March 17, 1862. Wm. L. Bbadiey,'— Sir : — I used your Coe's Super-pho8])bate of Lime, in the year 1860, on «ward land, with no manure, for a crop of corn, at the rate of one bag (125 pounds) per acre. Where I used the Phosphate there were six baskets ears of corn on two rows, and on the next two rows, side by side, where no Phosphate was used, there was only two and a half baskets gathered. The difference was nearly as much in favor of extra weight of fodder. I also used it for corn crop in 1861, with manure ploughed under, and Phosphate used at the same rate per acre as the year previous, with results one-third difference in favor of Luper- phosphate. I consider it for my interest to u«e it as long as the quality of the article is kept up to the present standard. Respectfully yours, FRANK MATHER, Pbpfebbli., January, 1863. Wm. L. Bradley,— Manufacturer of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, Boston ;'~-Ha'viBg witiisssed the good eSee'ts Oi v-oe s ± hospnatc lOr three years past, it having been used by a nsmber of our best farmers, as well as by us on a small scale, we determined to give it a trial on a 14 * larger scale. We accordingly .elected an old worn out, hilly pasture containing between nine and ten acres, of « sandy and irraveUv.oH* which for two years previous had not produced sufficUt i'eeTfc uVno i Jar°cLou"K*V^\~-"°°* '\ •'*"°» '««'"»« «'°^«"d with sweeffTand hardback bushes, briers and aspecies of moss, not having been plouirhed hidi r *'''71- * ^T"' "** ''°' '^' "™« ^«"«»>» of'time not having had a single application of manure of any kind, not even of lime plaster Photphate, rye and grwi .Md --aw Coitof rye and nasi teed •*? JJ Two toni of Coe"; Phosphate I!::; ^ 52 Co»tof harreating............ »" x2 5171 31 Ph^JnK,?*^ "^^ ploughed in September, 1861, then harrowed-then the -m^SlSi^r '^ ^" *?;°"«^ ''^VS' andti;^rmmer ^ofT J ^,? Tnnt •^*° ,*°y °^^^' P'**^ »° town-and was pronounced the best looking piece of rye raised in this vicinity for many years The grass seed came up remarkably well-much better Zn^^^eZr had any before-and after harvesting the rye we turned two heifers wUh their calves into the pasture and let thei run until cold weather Thus twn^fr" ^«"«fi^fr°™ t»^« feed than we had any season before fo! o7th« nit? '^""■!!; "°^ ^"^ ^'^' ^''" ^^' 8'"« looked well on every parJ tlnrl^^? ' *"'* f"^ P'°"™"' °^ "^''"^'''e •"»ffi°'«'>t feed for threror four cows for several years to come. «n^^^*''®u''""^''*? *° ®'8l»t tons of straw, worth $85, (having sold a part at our Wa for $12 per ton and have an offer of $10 per ton^f!S thJ balance.) We shall also have over 100 bushels rve hfvina- thrV«w seventy-six bushels, and think we shall have ttrty b'ui Tore w^^^^^^ tielrJrTi7^\^ i- now selling higher in'thi. viciniTy-^Ik/ng ine rye worth $115.50. The rye was good, weitrhinff over fiftr «» pound, to the bushel, and the striw was fong and ?argf. The paft u e was hilly every part of it, and a great ded of l.bor was saved hv applying Phosphate instead of stable manure. ^^ Respectfully yours, H. A. vo applications lustead of one and think it will pay well I like the application to the plant after the plant is put J^?, Ind the ■i 15 » out, hilly pMture, y and gravelly toil, sient feed ft> support with sweet fern and iving been ploughed li of time not having ven of lime, plaster, . ig. rolling, and sow- 522 76 .21 flO 90 00 57 05 5171 31 larrowed — then the . and all harrowed rye came up evenly ly summer of 1862 ras pronounced the many years. The than we ever had 1 two heifers with cold weather, thus y season before for well on every part it feed for three or 185, (having sold a Mo per ton fdr the B, having threshed ishels more, worth • vicinity — making ing over fifty-six fge. The pasture or was saved by F. PARKER. iwry 26, 1863. losphate of Lime, hate of Lime. I tits. My manure ) supply the defi- ingle handful of a hoed it, taking led at the result, losphate. It was n future I intend will pay well. I put out, and the second application when the plant is half grown. I want five tons to •tart with this season, which, please send to me as soon as you please after the 15th of March. Yours, &c., D«. ALAN80N ABBE. LsBAiroir, February 4, 1863. Mr. E. A. Bill, Norwich, Ct, — Sir : — At your request, I would say that I used something ovor 2,500 pounds of Coe's Supcr.phosphate, purchased of you last spring, and 1 was satisfied with the crops produced by its application. If I carry out my present arrangements, I shall want as much and pro- bably more the coming spring. At the time of planting, I put it on to four rows of corn, with a half dozen other fertilizers, each on the same number of rows, intending to have given you the result of the experiment, but owing to having so much work on hand at harvest time, 1 neglected to harvest them sepa- rately. I shall try it another year on potatoes, side and side with a number of other fertilizers, and I hope it will prove what I now think it will— (A No. 1.) On one and a half acres of land, where I used it on potatoes, we harvested 425 bushels of marketable potatoes, with no rotten ones to speak of. Hoping that every farmer may be induced to try it, I remain yours, respectfully, JAMES ALLAN. Premium Farmer of New London County, ConnectieuL Norwich, Ct., February 26, 1863. W. L. Bradley, — Manufacturer of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime, Boston : — I send the above, it is from one of our best fanners and per> fectly reliable. Truly yours, E. A. BILL. Taunton Lunatic Hospital, Tattnton, Mass., ) February 18, 1863. J Gentlemen, — I purchased of you, last year, one ton of Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime, rather with a view of experimenting with it, than with the b«lief thp* I should find it a superior fertilizer. The results which I obtained 1/ ..' it, however, were sufiBcient to convince me, as I think they would the most sceptical, that it is the best and most power- ful manure in common use. From a careful comparison of the crops obtained, where the Super- phosphate was used, with those obtained from the use of other manures, and without any manure, side by side, in the same field, I am fully satisfied that its effects during the first season after its use, are more marked and decided than those produced by any other manure, and that the increase of returns the first season, more than repays for its cost and the labor of application. As a top-dressing for a lawn, to which use it is admirably adapted, I found it remaikabiy efficacious and satisfactory. Respectfully yours, GEO. C. S. CHOATE. Oliver Ames & Sons, Boston. 16 Shabon, Mass., February 16, 1863. Mewr. O. AMsa & Sons,— Dear Sirs:— You desire to know our ■uccess m the use of Coe's " Super-phosphate." ' years, that it has ceased to be an experiment with us. It has oroved tn be the best kind of manure and cheapest that we can u e on that cro^ Last year we used Coe's Super-phosphate in our usJal iay S ploughing our "sward land" with a "Michigan plough " to tL deith poundVtot':' *•''" T.*'"« the "Phospha'te"?ot£^ .mount of sC pounds to the acre and harrow in. We plant our corn with a machine cornTJhr""" V"^ ^- T^ ^"^'««'^d «^'^-«- bushels o7sound corn to the acre. Some years have raised sixty-five bushels to the acre when the season was good. ""sneis lo tne We plant our corn any time from the middle of May to the 10th of ,, East Lbxinoton, February 13, 1863. Messrs. O. Ames *& Sons,- Gentlemen :-In answer to your inouirv respecting ray success in the use of Coe's Super-phosphate of Se f can say that where I have used it. Without oLr manur^I have hJ very good crops la the fall of 1860, I purchased one ton of Sup/r: bee7?u'^;;d"''f ^ "^f'i ',r'^ ^°^ * ^^'f ^'''^^ °f 1-d ?hat had Pt been turned; two and a half acres of the land had been pastured for several years, one acre had been manured and planted, and fhe remain Z ma^uJe^^The f "J ""rV"-' '''' ^''' '°" ^''" without appTylng to wTthePhJr./ *^!f being turned, was thoroughly harrowed 10 level It, the Phosphate and one and a quarter bushels of rve to each acre was then sowed and the land again harrowed. From he six and a half acres I harvested 120 bushels of rye and eight tons of straw As the rye on the three acres of land that had been mowed wa Ught on croT°\ iiS.\r''^r'^t'(/"'''"^ ^"P'"^'^ ^ -"-d- that f large crop. I think three and a half acres yielded an average of twenty-three bushels of rye and one and a half tons of straw. ^ ^ In the fall of 1861, 1 turned five acres of pasture land— certainlv as good land as that turned in I860, and treated the same iT Jve y waj with the exception of the Phosphate-and from that I harTested al average of twe ve bushels of rye and one ton of straw per acre I was so well satisfied with the result of the experiment that I nur "v^rrrrrasffy lut'K *\' ''''' •' '^^ fi- ScJeTr/lat sowed En used wiS ;tW * ' "'^" Super-phosphate purchased of you has benefit ™*°v'®' '° ^ '*°"°* ^P"*'^ «« decidedly as to the "®°®"'^' - Yours, respectfully, WINSLOW WELLINGTON. " Nkab Monbovia, Frederick Co., Md., January 10, 1863. ^ifhTer-uUa''?''''"^ ^''** ^altimore.-Dear Sir .—My experiments w th the SSnttrn/' • ^"'^ 'V^^ P"P°'« °^ P«"°°*' benefit than wub the intention of giving results to the public. But as you have ^^ IT 'uary 16, 1863. lire to know our 1 of corn 80 many It has proved to use on that crop, sual way. First \h " to the depth a amount of 500 n with a machine bushelft of sound bushels to the ay to the 10th of han fifty bushels ble fertilizer for :. R. MANN. tary 13, 1863. to your inquiry hate of Lime. I ure, I have had I ton of Supar- id that had just sen pastured for ind the remain- ithout applying ughly harrowed i of rye to each m the six and a I of straw. As d was light, on ier that a large of twenty-three d— certainly as i in every way I harvested an acre. int, that I pur- of land sowed sed of you has dediy as to the .LINGTON. rp 10, 1863. y experiments il benefit than t as you have asked me to say to you what I think of Coe's Saper-phoHphate of Limo, after having h«d some experience with it, I will give you my conclusions, and how 1 have arrived at them. It has long been a settled opinion with me that Phosphates, if properly prepared, must eventually hold the first place in the farmer's estimation as a concentrated manure, and with this view I have made it a point to test the different brands from time tg time, as they have been recommended to me. The merits of Peruvian Uuano are well known. That it will curry one crop through very successfully there is no room to dispute ; but I believe that to be the end of it as a fertilizer. Now the question is, — Will Phosphate insure a first crop > I answer in the light of repeated experiments, — Ves, Coe's Phosphate will insure a larger crop of any kind adapted to our soil and climate than the best Peruvian Guano, and it does not cease its effects with the first crop, but shows Irith vigor on the third and f.)urth, which is the extent of my observa- tion. I have never weighed or measured the crops raised on Coe's Phosphate in comparison with those grown on other manures, because I have been so thoroughly convinced, and indeed surprised, at the mere sight of its superiority. Wherever the Phosphate is used the plant shoots right ahead to nearly double the size of those which have not received the Phosphate, and so continue to the end of the growth, ripening much efirlier, and yielding in ^rain, without an exception, more abimdantly and of better quality. I believe a fair trial of Cue's Phos- phate will convince any one of its great value. Very truly yours, JOSEPH WOOD. Neab Monkovia, Frederick Co., Md., Dec. 31, 1862. RoBBBT TuRNEB, Esq, Baltimore, — Dear Sir: — In my experiments with Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime and other manures the results were such as to induce me to make a much larger use of Coe's Phosphate the coming season, and if upon farther trial it proves equally favorable, I shall discard all other special fertilizers, not excepting Peruvian Ouano, which has heretofore been my main reliance on crops of all kinds. I I have used other Phosphates than Coe's with some success, but this brand of Phosphate evidently contains fertilizing substances to a marked degree, which are not at all apparent in any of those other kinds which I have tried. If there should be any reason why you will not sell Coe's Phosphate another season, I would like to be informed very soon, so that. I may be able to obtain it otherwheres. Very truly yours, ELI DAVIS. Neab New Mabkrt, Frederick Co., Md., Jan. 2, 1863. Mr. RoBEBT TuBMEB, Baltimore, — Sir: — I wish to ask if you intend to keep the Coe's Phosphate for sale the coming season. 1 am so well pleased with the effects of this kind of Phosphate, which I bought of you, that I have concluded to use it in the future to the exclusion of all other concentrated manures, ana shall recommend my neighburs to usei it most liberally. ^^spectfully, WILLIAM ^. QGBaaS. P. S. — I prefer Coe's Phosphate to Peruvian Guano. 8 ■' I 18 NEAEMoi»HOTiA,FrederickCo..Md..Ja«. 14, 1863. th« ,1 u ^7'''=«' BaItimore.-Sir :_I am quit, wiUfcg to give you the results of my experience with Coe's Supe?.pho.phate of Lim/^ u.ing U „„ .kei, .h...''c,op.Vuh ™;"..*ur.X LS""*"'"" "' Y„„„ ,„y ,e.pectf„ll,, THOMAS T. NORMS. Nkab Kbm^ton, Frederick County, Md., ( w« T T> January 8, 1863. f garden vegetable*, we would say that it hastens the gro;th and makeS them come much eariier in the season. ** "*" H LAwS^^- ^- ?• f^WSON. H. C. LAWSON. H.LAWSON. G. L. LAWSON. W. P. N. LAWSON. Neab Moi^BoviA, Frederick County, Md., i «, T n January 12. 1863. '} WM. L. BHADi,EY,--Manufacturer of Coe's Super-phosnhate of I im« • Super-phosphate of Lime upon wheat. I had been deceived bv so manv hat??'' y^ff" ^''"'^** "^^«"y recommended"' rthe maXJ that I was slow to be persuaded to Iry another exDeriment T TJ^^^^Z very glad that I was induced to make one more triSl "*"' sav tw'T"''"^ ?''"• ^^"''P^**^ »«^«*1 years on wheat, and am ready to rnyfhinfrwhrhlV* "* «'''">°™y f^ every other re'spect, superTor to any tning which I have ever used for a fertili7er Oiif l.n^<. „, u • constantly exhausted, and this fertilizer seerbot? to enJ^^^^^^^ and restore to it the properties which have been taken from i S nourish men and beasts, making blood, bone and flesh. ""^ croDs'the T«7JrP^''!." * ''"*"r' producing the best and heaviest crops the first year, and permanently benefitinjr the soil beino- m,w.K Tp" i^r ^iri/Ltr ^^r ^^-^^-nV-hirh'^^^^^^^^^ season so tWf J rr^ „"*[*' action, and stimulates throughout the season, so that it materially shortens the time of a cron AnmnJrtl very desirable to farmers, but which common manures d? not ha^ve^^ wodicL *t7''i 1. ^*^^* """^ plumpest kernels my land has ever produced, J* also makes a stronger and tougher straw, so that the heavy ., Jan. 14, 1863. willnig to give you phate of Lime. I 'or teTeral years to 1 to any fertilizer I the acre, dropping nds to the acre for my neighbors are suits. ^S T. NORRIS. ■•} County, Md. 8, 1863. In reply to your losphate " we had iit it far surpassed jetables, on all of cannot too highly reases the crop at Ithy growth and the same kind of rs. In regard to rowth and makes LAWSON. N. LAWSON. ?ounty, Md., > !. 1863. / jsphate of Lime : ience with Coe'a jived by so many in the market, aent. I am now and am ready to ipect, superior to ' lands are being 0 enrich the soil rom it to nourish •est and heaviest oil, being much !h is much more throughout the ip. A property 0 not have. le thickest, and y land has ever 10 that the heavy 19 wheat does not lodge. Your fertiliser is so satisfactory to me in every respect that I shall continue to use it— though I should be oHliged to pay more for it than its present price. Very truly yours, P. H. GRIFFITH. N«AR Fbederick, Frederick County, Md., > January 2, 1863. ) Wm. L. Bbadlrt. — Dear Sir :— I have used Coe's Super-phonphate of Lime for several years past with uniform success, and last season it proved particularly satisfactory. Ten acres of land which was more than an ordinary poor quality was treated in the following manner : On one-half the piece I used Coe's Super-phosphate, at the rate of 200 lbs. to the acre ; on the other half Peruvian Quano at the same rate, and •owed with wheat. On the five acres on which I used Phosphate, I had at least twenty-five per cent, more wheat, and the berry was much larger and nicer quality than where the Ouano was used, and also the straw was much the heaviest where the Phosphate was used. I have used Coe's Phosphate in different ways, and on different crops, and the results have been highly satisfactory. Very truly yours, JOHN H. DEXRICK. James Richabdsoit, Jr., Kingston, Mass., (Pastor First Congrega- tiOtial Church,) writes : " I purchased, as you may remember, late last spring, between one and two tons of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime ; and I cannot refrain from expressing to you my high satisfaction at its strikingly beneficial effects on my farm, in the Southington Highlands. Circumstances in addition to the floods of rain and the cg^sequent moist state of the ground, prevented my men from getting in their crops till the middle of June. The com grew very stout, however, and looked remarkably well up to the time of the c^ought ; and contrary to my expectations, though planted on an elevated piece of land — the top of a ledge — has turned out finely; lateness of planting, and the aevere and unprecedented drought, notwithstanding. The ears are noble and well filled, and the kernels large. I had but little manure to put on the piece, and I think, therefore, that my neighbora justly attribute the excellence of the crop to the use of the Super-phosphate ; and do right in resolving next year to imitate my example in its use. Two of them, good farmers, from whom I had my seed, a,nd yrho used stable manure, expressed to me before! had examined it, the great superiority of my crop ; and others remarked that ' it reminded them of the* old-fashioned corn — " corn as was corn." ' " Of the potatoes planted on half of the same field, I expected nothing, and was very agreeably disappointed, to find that though planted after the middle of June, and with the long drought setting in so soon, that there was a good yield of large, excellent potatoes. And I think the sight of both corn and potatoes would do your soul good. We have sowed several acres of rye, and three with wheat, of the Super- phosphate." 10 li FROlf HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER. D.A»H,«. 1 ♦ 1. 1 , I>o»cH"T«B, Nov. 20. 1881. UKAB Sib:— 1 take pleasure in endoi hg, for your examination «.«- f.ct. .n regard to the comparative value of fhc Super-phoapLate of iTr purchaaed v( you last Spring. ^ "puaio oi i.ime, ExperimmlB on old Mowing Land. No. 1, with one-httf corrt Miuure, valurd at No. 2. with 100 Ibi. Ouino. »aluH at " N.. 8, with 100 lb.. Co.-. 8up.r.ph<«ph.te of„Lim;;;;i;;d «::::;, Hajf T'r..(lMct. •53 00 8.14 Iba. • 8 00 'Wlb*. • 3 AO 048 Iba. Experiments with Carrott. inPi' '"""* ''■.'."''^ T""* '•"'*• *""«'^ ""^ '"* Fall, and wa* divided into three equal lota of one-eigbtli of an acre euoh. No. 1, with 1 1.4 cord. Manurr. valued mt •.> ~. No. 2, with /» lb.. ou.no T.iliidi??:... ;::::: «?2"- No. 8. wuh M lb.. Co,'. sup*r.pno.phau of Lin.;! v.VuVd" iv.:*. •.:;•.•: { m!: Product. .Ti bu.h. .8 1 bu.h. 00 buah. Ex-perimenti on two acres of old Meadow Land. Thia Iknd had probiihly never been ploughed before. In the month revel e';..^d'\'h^ T""' *"",""' T^'^ *''' ""« taken off the sod [ZZaa t^f ""'ff« """Je a« level as practicable. It was then your SuSer'^hnTnh /""' "l"'^"- '"*' "^^*°P "«^''' '^'''^ «« Po'ndao" your Super-phosphate of Lime to the acre. The aeed.came up well 'and at this time the grass is so luxuriant and thickly Ut that it a tr-or. JotT" 1*1 *':.,?'r""^l °' '^"'^ ' ""'« " more/LrsVouTd he R« summer 1„";J''"'^ ^'"^ '*'''' ^•'*"' ^'" ~' ''°«''^ ^>« » «"« crop'„'e" 8u^7n;.„.nK. '"'*"""' "J" """"y «'•'*"• »he economy of the Super-phosphate over common barnjard manure, is evident, the cost of the former W.ng not more tlTan the expense of carting would haveTeen ine huper-phoaphate of Lime is therefore n valuable fertilizer in tl,« reclamation and renovation of old paaturo o^ x>,.XT ZnL '^1 .«fw/!f "''^"P^'*^ ''^ l''""^ '•' * ^"'""^'^ ""«»• in promoting the growth and increaaing the fibn us root- of young ti^es and gC fines and when applied in liberal q.>antitiea to the roota of bearing t«es has a beneficial influence on the aire and beauty of the fruit KeTuallv useful as a fertilizer for cereala, grasses, and vegetables and frTt? ron-nents made heretofore. I have hopes \hat itT.ypro;e a prrntlv" «., tV^""! y"""'' "****'•»« ^" •tocks.and to them'liewon p^^-- and other plants subject to these diseases. Aj, a quicK. .rd also an a durable ferlUizer, I have seen many proofs manures m use. Yours reapectfully, MARSHALL P. WILDER. Tur « . „ NoBTH Brookfield, Nov. 26 1861 ha5^ J"- ^r.^ ^" • ^"'''"".-Oentlemen :-You mny recolf;: that I had of joa last spring a quantity of Super-phoaphate of Lime. I rnade LDER. ;b, 5fov. 20, 1861. ir examination, aome r-phoaphate of Lime, >ne-fonrth of an acre ■53 00 8.i4lb«, . 8 00 'Wlbi. . > 40 948 Jl». ill, and waa divided •■ i» Product. 1 A'> eibuiih. •••• » a* Mbunh. ' Land. ore. In the month I tuken off, the sod able. It was then with 400 poundj* of l^came up well, and set, that it attracts id Hhould the grass be a fine crop next » economy of the (▼ident, the cost of ? would have been like re«ult. ale fertilizer in the f'ow lands, and J'a'e or mow ('•cm in promoting the I and grape vines, bearing trees has uit. It is equally tes, and from ex- irove a preventive to the mildew on seen many proofs most economical P. WILDER. Nov. 26, 1861. y recollect that I f Lime. I made The had cowa >ared uae of it in aevernl ways — in each case vs ith antisfactory results. Pint on corn. I planted one part of a field with the uso uf fifteen loads of barn manure to the acre, and the other part with your Phoaphate ; a Hmall handful in each hill — probably at the rate of dOO pounds to »ha ac»a. That which was planted in the latter way was quite as thnity 4uu\ vigorous aa in the former, and yielded as largely. This much ex- ceedeu my expectations. Secondly, I used the Phosphate in planting potatoes, and obtained an excellent crop in exhausted pasture land, ploughed up for the purpose. Thirdly, I used the article for a dresiting for an oat crop — with no other manure, and the land previously in low condition — I got forty bushels to the acre, by the application of .300 pounds of Phosphate. Fourthly, I applied it upon old and long exhausted pasture land at the rate of 600 pounds to the acre effect was wonderful, and where almost nothing of any vain* previously grown, I had a full growth of white clover, which tht fed down too closely, and which showed itself so green, as com; with its surroundings, that it would be plainly distinguished at a ^reat distance. I made a similar experiment with your Phosphate five years aincc on a part of the aame pasture, and the good effects of it were as visible i st year as ever. A rich sward is formed where there was previous iy nothing but gray moss and a little straggling June grass. From these and other similar experiments made for several years, 1 am satisfied that our old pastures, many of which have been grazed for the greater part of a century, and have become so exhausted by cropping as to be almost worthless, may be rendered very fertile by the applica- tion of Super-phosphate and other similar fertilizers, and at a cost that will pay. Lean pastures are the greatest drawback upon our agriculture in the older parts of New En^jiund. To keep cows through the winter and half starve them all summer, is not a profitable, though a very common operation. I have this fall sowe.d my winter wheat with Phosphate alone for manure, at the rate of 300 pounds to the acre, and although the land was the poorest and most exhausted I had oft my farm, I have no doubt of a good crop. We are succeeding admirably with wheat in this part of the State, and artificial fertilizers aid us very much. One strong argument in favor of Phosphate of Lime, and similar manure, is that they can be transported to fields at a considerable distance with little extra cost. I apply my barnyard manure and compost in fields near home, and cultivate all distant lots with portable manure. My intention now is to use a much larger amount of the Super- phosphate of Lime next year, than I have done before, especially on corn and grass lands. I am, very respectfully. Your obedient servant, AMASA WALKER. Salsu, Dec. 19, 1861. Messrs. Cob & Co., — Qents: — I am happy to state that the experi- ments made with your Super-phosphate of Lime last spring, were highly successful. I used it on corn and root crops, and in my garden, both alone and combined with other manures. Upon a piece of new land, about seven- 22 . Jafa%lr^^^^ :«^J tHe .od elgHt cords of barn- -porous, and the yield Vare^htltvfnTus'h/ ^'l^ ''°"' -" ^e^J yard manure under the sod, not bec«ir r ^^'' ' *""«d the barn- applying manure, but because I thoSi. ^T."""^ °^ ""^^^ » ™ode of. ^ When used alone, it i a convent k' • ^"""'* '' invaluable, combined m the manner I have renJ.nl ^ .^'' "J^^^ ^ <'*n«ot say! But (Signed) ^°"" t'"iy. GEORGE B. LORING. EXPBB,MENTS ^^TH TS-^PHO-sSS ' OF „«. "-f^H MANURES FOB CORK ""^ ^° ■Messrs, Eds • Tn «a«^t i . "■'"^» vale farm of Jos.' B. VSCe"' o^'^rc'^S T Si'^^ °-' ^^^^ -»^- tention to a few rows of corn on ?hn ^°°<=°'^» N. H., he called my at- acres. In manuring the field .'''L'r? 'u^ °^^^'^^ °f '^<> or tiee finish out the Piece On 1- ^^^^^^ *''°"' one load of mamir^fn of corn withoufa^y ^^n:^:] ZTZf ^^^ '^ ^^^^^^^ hill two rows with plaster of ParTsfn ^i. vfr^^T «"*'»° i" the Coe s Super.phosphate of Lime The lA • "' '"'^ ^'^^ '«^« "-ith poor indeed, while the rows Cing the Sun/^°T'^ '"^^ ^''' ^^'^ nearly as good as the corn.nn Vu^ ^ne Sjuper-phosphate would averaan manured i? the aprtg'X ^t'^thV' -'^ '^^? ^'^^^ -- phated rows would yield as Zll °P'°'"° *^«t ^^e two Phos- ^"ggcsted to him the pronr etToJ T'" !', "'°"''* ''^^ "^^er six I when he harvested theCn Thl ITi'^^ /''^'•'*'«J"g the result two Phosphated rows eqTa ' to that of the' o^.' '""'' ^'^^ ^^"^ °" ^^^^^^^ experiment was on too small a scde to L f u ''*• However^ this It induced him to experiment mnr? , ^^.'""ch practical value, but I was at his placfduSng the la^t'l \'"^. 'c"'^""^ '^' P««t selson noted the results of his "Jperi L; on h °^ September, an'd carefully manures The first piece, Tme two or.Jt/"'" "T '^"^ '^i«'«'«nt tervale land, was well manured Zh "^' "^ ^°^«''«d sod in- manure About one-half the fie,d was VaT^"]*- "^'""'''^ «"><* ^a«?e f>"por-phosphate of Lime, at the raTe of , 9. '!! '^^ ^"^ ^»th Coe's were put down to mark the row whei th. I ^"""l^' ^^' ^"'- S'^kes a« the result proved, this was unnece sarv^'^'^.^'P'^'^'^ ^"^^^^ ' hut more early maturing of the corn m^r?' ^' *''" '"P«"°' "^e and oTpti'^^r ^ - - "hund^d :;? .w!."._T^-'^ b-»^ very Pl-ting . while the corn on the same field, mani^re^as Z;!':, c JJt^ ight cords of barn- I applied a «mall It with corn. The ie corn was very I turned the barn- of such a mode of. '0 future purposes, r-phosphate. i and ruta-bagas. e land for sowing, hate ; and of the ;rop. nvaluable. nures of a greater cannot say. But Y hastens crops in J B. LORING. F LIME AND ? over the inter- he called my at- of two or three id of manure to anted two rows » guano in the two rows with rows were very ' would average fiat Was heavily : the two Phos- > other six. I 'ing the result :he corn on the However; this ical value, but le past season. . and carefully with different iverted sod in- ck and cattle lill with Coe's acre. Stakes e ended ; but erior size and -it being very from the time *bove, except 23 the Super-phosphate, was ten days later, and much smaller all through the season. Field No. 2, well manured with #table and hovel manure, Super- phosphate applied to part of the field as in No. 1, attended with similar results, except in thfe ripening of the corn, which was later by two weeks, it being a late« and larger variety of corn. Field No. 3, just one acre. This land having been annually pastured (although injervale) for over one hundred and twenty years, and never manured except by the droppings of the cows, and the sedimentary matters left by freshets. The land being free from obstructions, was . well ploughed in October, 1859, well harrowed in the spring, and divided into three equal portions of one- third of an acre each, and manured as follows : 1. One-third acre — Super- phosphate, at the rate of 225 pounds per acre, at a cost of $5.40 per acre. At the second hoeing a handful of unleached ashes was applied to each hill on the three plots alike. 2. One-third acre — Guano, large table-spoonful to a hill ; cost at the rate of 860 per ton. 3. One-tMrd acre — pigeon and hen manure mixed nvith soil — two parts soil to one of bird dung ; half pint in each hill. Where the Super-phosphate was applied there was much good corn. The portion manured with the compost of bird .manure was very much poorer, and that part guanoed was miserable in the extreme ; a very large portion of it was cut up for fodder, there not being even a nubbin on the greater portion of it. In rating the difference we put the proportions thus : Super-phosphate 4; hen manure compost, 2; guano, 1. That is. the Super-phosphate produced twice as much corn as the compost, and four times as much as the guano. Reasoning from chemical principles, we should at once say, without experimenting, that Super-phosphate of Lime was the "one thing needful" for the improvement of land that had been pastured by milch cows for over one hundred and twenty years in succession. The appli- cation of Super-phosphate of Lime, or fine bone dust, to the long grazed pastures in Cheshire and other districts in England, has been attended with the most successful results. The reason why is so self- evident " that a child might understand." Mr. Walker kindly furnished me wi*h his written views upon the results of his use of Super-phosphate upon the corn crops on his farm, which I here copy : " First. — It affords immediate support to the plant in its tender state, before its roots expand suflSciently, and reach the other manure, and keeps it growing vigorously during the first period of its growth, (say the first month,) until fairly started ; it then begins to appropriate the other manure — or, in common farmer parlance, "it gives it a good start," and that too when it needs it most, and there is a greater even- ness in the size of the plants. " Second. — The ' start ' thus given is kept up through the season, and the corn ripens from ten to fourteen days earlier than it otherwise would " Third.~~lt iaefcascs the length and fairness of the ears, and ther are fewer nubbins and soft ears." LEVI BARTLKTT. Warnek, N. H., October 28, 1860. #i 24 CotTKTT P^K,r. (Belknap County.) > Laconu, N. h:, Dee / ifl«i \ . GBxrsr-In reply to yo„r ino,*-!^*'"'''':^- '^■' ^'"'- 3. ^861- 1 put one table.«p„o„fu| n a hUI ^1"'?. "{ '=°'° °° the Ster pS I corn came up there was a marked rfifff, ^""'y manured. When the your Phosphafe was used. On the n!,'"^' '" ?^°' "^ ^^e piece where was tit/ 'i''' «'''^" *'°^°'-' g'ew veryTst «„H K°'P»'"''' ^«« "««d ^h. was twice as large as the other rlt • ^ ^^ ***« ""ddle of Jun. ^^rty rods from the farm bui?drn« aI5 T '"'"':2^ *""° ^«« located ome persons visited the farmrili ?? ' " ' "^^^ "'^en incuired c^f (1 1 vested, the corn from the twelve ^;ii ^ . °° manure. When hai- n""°t;!; "■? ">«■ ' kaVro ?.e '1™ "?,° : " "^'- •»' »■""» acra 1 raised sixty bushels of »«,„ V ^° '^e two-thirds of fK« When h. h.rve.W U we!,S ,"k' '"'° "" ■"•" '"■! P «a'ed wiZ.™' y yours. WARREN SANBORN ^^erseer County Farm. Hon. E„„^«^ BcRKK. late Commission-, .r p..., . Obsis.— The small quantity of S„« ' T " ^'"icais, says: County,) -i Dec. 3, 1861./ 8 of my experience osay, on one acre hird of said acre I other two-thirds I rht the two-thirds 1 bought a bag of the latter piece, I itb corn the other u'ed. When the ' the piece where manure was vsed ate was used thn B middle of Ju,^., yas located some ired of (a,, many difference in my s the corn could one row on the af Phosphate to fe- When har- ood, and on the o-thirds of the •ality. On the oor quality. J id have never ate of Lime is of your Phos- hate was used not used. By he Phosphate, -ed with corn, row (of same le, weight was Phosphate of len harvested of land was ed. ^hosphate of ince in favor sphate three ^our Super- 9. ly Farm. of you last fell known 25 fertilizers, Poudrette and Peruvian Ouano. The difference in the effects of )the three manures was striking indeed. The Poudrette was more active at first than the Guano, but the Phosphate was more active than either ; the effect it produced was remarkable. Prom the moment the corn came up, that i^hich was manured with the Phosphate shot ahead of that to which the other manures were applied, and before it tasseled seemed to be nearly one-half taller, the color much darker and the stalks much taHer and more vigorous. At that stage of growth the difference between that portion of corn treated with Phosphate and those treated with Poudrette and Guano was distinctly visible as far as the corn could be seen. In growth and color the difference was so palpable as to arrest the attention of persons passing a quarter of a mile distant, and to invite from them inquiry as to the cause. I have used Peruvian Guano for many years, and the Poudrette and Phosphate once only. But from the effects I mentioned in the experiments to which I have above referred, I have no hesitation in pronouncing "Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime " to be the best fertilizer which I have ever used. I am so well satisfied of its superior qualities over others that I desire to have you sffve for me half a ton for use next spring. With much respoct, yours, d^. Newport, N. H., February 2, 1861. FROM THE GOVERNOR OF VERMONT. BsATTiEBOBo', Vt., March 14, 1861. GiNTLEUiiN : — I have used Coe's Super- phojphate of Lime, for three years past, principally upon corn, applying it to the crops in various ways. It is my usual practice to spread compost manure broadcast, and put the Super-phosphate in the hill, about a tab.e-spoonful to each. Its effect thus applied is very apparent and striking, causing the corn to shoot ahead with great luxuriance. The deep green color 'of the stalks is at once noticeable, at as great a distance as the eye can distinguish colors at all. The rapid, healthy growth of stalk induced by it helps to insure a large growth of ears and well matured strain upon them. The best way, on the whole, that I have found of applying the Phosphate is, to mix it with old dry muck, in a dry, coverec place, a week or two previous to use, and in such proportions as to givt a pint of rauck and a table-spoonful of Phosphate to each hill of corn. I have also used this Super-phosphate broadcast, upon land sowed to oats and other grain, with grass seed, putting on about 250 pounds per acre ; the crop of grain and straw was considerably increased thereby, and a superb catch of grass obtained. Finally, I have never known the instance where Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime has not on trial pro^'ed to be an excellent "•icle. , Very respectfully yours, F. HOLBEOOK. B aATTLBBOBO', Vt. Editobs of PlotiGHMAN, — Gcuts : — I received last spring a bag of Coe s Super-phosphate of Line, accompanied witn the request that I would use it the same as I dii Guano,, mixing it with the soil, so that it might not injure the germinating of the seed. 4 ! # 26 'O". of Super-pbMph,,''' w'l''" i° '"" "-eaten wTriv ri '.° '?« while the Saner nKu' '^^'''^ " attended whS„^.'^"' ^"' G"ano u«e. «"P-Pt08phate ie already pliatle. aid «„ hS?"? ^^P«»-' Yours, &c. "\S''V/°'' ^'"ediate ^ W. H. PEITES. the farmers anH^ J* "P**^* '»» ^igh terms of if ^ ""^ "' * ^'tilizer. very satisfacto^^ 1« J-f'-^ ^'^« '««"!'« on corn a^H "'f*^ *^" P°^»- were absent on fL « • "' ^^^'''^ «" grass we o,?n ?^ P°**'°«« were men saidTt m,^ A\ ®''""*'^« Purvey when it !«??* T' ^^^'^''^^ we effect on thepeee to S-'^?'°"' "'^-e "o me nTof^"'* '^^^^"^"^ °" that for corn potato., "? " '"'' «PP»ed. We Jo nL ^'''"^ "« '««' »ot heard XX'J frl^Tht^'* V ^"'-"'^ following extraof «!!> ^ V *'^°*® to whom we Ai<,t,iu I /'. "^® ^a^e Wellingfon,Sj!*J^°™'»J«^^er received bTour .«£"'' V*' ''"* »»>« ces in theXiou- S u"''""* °^"' l»««lth has reS . ' ^'■°™ ^«^- E' in the town K,? ^' *^' f""^ b«*aken himself to ' ■ T ^'"'"^^ «"vi- habit of do n7aU th« '^ ^^ publication, but J " J* fr- ^T^' ^^"^'' * ^'"%n th • '° ^^°' '^ ^"' ^^^"^iXe^^y t - -cr.. „i, ^ee^^^ ^^ planting? f^l . ''" '■''*^ "* ^oO Planting, the potatoe vines were f Peruvian Guano cles a fair trial • I the centre of the possible, of good. "0U8 to planting, ly harrowed and f with an equal m every way the uch disappointed ? used it 80 long •ly. The twelve on, and to every V, the Peruvian 45. There is a this, but Guano erable expense, e for immediate H. PEITES. io those of our 'Wing in rela- T. the best of n our columns as a fertilizer, nmended it to prepared and 'tain some — a 8 we counted Some of it iced on pota- •otatoes were , because we ilthough our »ving its real sitate tb say • We have it, but the •om Rev. E. ictive servi- '1 exercises ivate letter, , i is in the liberty we uper-phos- imall piece f a gill of ite of 350 I'ines were 27 cree times as large as those where no manure was applied ; but a drouth loming on when the tubers were about forming, the crop was not so arge as where night soil and other dressings vere applied, and the potatoes planted two weeks later in the season. The small plat to which I applied the Super-phosphate had produced no grass of any con- sequence for the last five years, but the present year the hay crop was as large as on other parts of the field. I give it,' says he. ' as my opinion, that Coe s Super-phosphate of Lime is one of the best fertilizers that is now in use.' " This is encouraging for friend Coe. The good reputation of his Super- phosphate is the result of honestly combining, in a faithful and scientific manner, good materials. It is what it purports to be, and as long as he uses care and diligence in making a genuine article, he will retain the confidence of farmers, and find a ready sale for all he can make." [From the Boston CulUirator.] SPECIAL MANURES. ^ Messrs. Editors : — As I am deemed something of a " fancy farmer " in this neighborhood, it may be interesting, and perhaps profitable to others, to learn the results of some of my experiments. I may begin by saying that I have used every thing within my reach that could be called a fertilizer. I have used the best Peruvian Guano on wheat, rye, corn, oats, barley, potatoes, beans, and grass, and have never found it to pay in a dry season ; but under favorable circumstances as to moisture, it has paid on rye, oats, and beans. Ashes, unleached at sixteen cents a bushel, and leached at twelve and a half cents, will generally give a fair profit, applied to grass, potatoes, and corn. Ground bone has done well on grass, rye, wheat, and beans, except on sandy land. But in nearly all my experiments, carefully conducted, I have lost money, taking several years in succession, in buying prepared fertilizers., and I have gone back to the barnyard|with more courage and determin- ation to make what manure I could by placing muck and turf in the stalls under the stock in the pig-stye, the poultry-house, &c. I keep all my manure under cover, except that dropped by the stock while in the yard for drink and exercise. The following is a brief summary of my experiments with Coe's Super- phosphate last year :— On corn, the land in good condition, 180 pounds to the acre, dropped in the hill, it increased the crop twenty-three and a half per ceat. by actual weight. With 226 pounds to the acre, the increase was twenty-eight per cent. Besides this increase in the grain, there was about twenty per cent, increase in the weight of stalks, which, under a scarcity of fdlder, has been of considerable consequence. Used on Mangel Wurzel at the rate of 400 pounds to the acre, in drills, it gave about the same return as a good dressing of composted night-soil. On cabbage, at the rate of 400 pounds to the acre, the ground not well prepared, nearly every plant where it was applied gave a fair marketable head, while on the same ground, where no Super- phos- phate was usedj not a single salable head wag obtained. Used on pease, it nearly .doubled the yield. On beans, it paid at the rate of eighty dollars a ton. That is, rather than do without it, I would pay the price for >',' n ;p;! i# 9il m.D„,. being applied, il il^.jn!^'"""?: '" "" acre, no S Wiar M«H,MK, Ct., J|f„„ u, ,88, «n^ Hafch 18 a gentleman whose TC a *. "^ *^® Peruvian Guano and most precise kind. whTle be i» «? '^"''*''°'» " "^ ^he hiS Messrs. Eitroi & Rtpt « """letter: sand J'?"""''''' ''^ *'y Peruvian'^ otno l'™? T 7^''' ' needed but sandy loam, and used on one-haS thrt u P'°"8'>«d two acres of i^ht of Lime ; on the other one and a hllf I ^^l °l ^°«'« Super-phospff cos ing ten cents more than the ifme ^ t^i '^*''' ^'' ^^'"vian 0^ grass, m, let and clover. The r-Z" wa?.h ''"'' '"'.' ^^^^^^ »° HungS that po,t,on of the land upon which th^o'™' '° ^"'^ '"^^'^^^^^^^ folLX°t^ ,t^o-tMrds as much as th. T° ''^' ""'^^ P'«duced consider it the best and ctZZJinTf "° ^''^***'°° in saying that f Kee,,e, ^pr.7 6, I86l! ^ ' *'^"''' ""»""'« ^^at can be bough? We learn from our numerous «n«. . ^"^^- ^- HATCH.' Messrs. Cob & Co Bo«fn« « ^f'*"*' ^- H., DecejnJw 30, 1861. trespass on your tim'; fonteX^To r?." =-^? ""^ «-« -' I « April, that your Supef-phosnhltl nT *•'■'**^*''* °P'°»°n ^ gave you manure for an/ one toTuy ftve used'^ " 't' "''^"P^^* ^"^ C for srnin »»»«* __j J ""/• ■» nave used it ano'-h^r =- » . g-n, ..ot „ad garden crops, on light, 8andvw/:j:!"f''«^"y. .ot ' J 7 ""y- ^ '>*^e nsed it another --T- ". 7" •«" s«'4.. »„p,, „. ,igk,,3.na, loat ir„;:":a d, now promises » acre, no other ps to which the e wanted, Coe's ony unsolicited, LINSLEY. [»■• Hatch, oj ication on the ruvian Guano. Jf the highest I experienced ime person in St I annex a phate of Lime ^y crops last <^as satisfied, needed, but cres of light Br-phosphate vian Guano, 0 Hungarian stance, viz. : d produced ' garden I arlier, grew ty upon the d the same J't. I also id in every ying that I bought. rATCH. , hate is not uch more mation we osphate of , 1861. B me if I gave you and best cessfuiiy, meadow 39 land, and I find that the crops feel it, and give satisfactorv returns, wherever I have tried it. My potatoes, planted with no other manure, yielded very abundantly, were very large and mealy, and as yet show no signs of rot. Mr. N'. R. Cook, an experienced farmer of this town, informed me that his potatoes planted on barnyard manure rotted badly, while those planted on the Super-phosphate were all sound. The Super-phosphate has the credit of growing better potatoes than any other manure, and I am confident that it gives larger crops. I have never seen such mangolds and turnips as I raised this last 8^«on, using the Super-phosphate with stable manure, on my meadow. Upcn forty- two rods of land there grew seventy bushels of mangolds, and two hundred bushels of turnips ; most of the mangold seed failed to germi- nate, and I sowed the turnips on the 8th of July, running the seed sown as near the rows of mangolds as possible, on light, plain land, using the Super-phosphate with muck. I raised over four hundred bushels of carrots where some of my neighbors prophesied that I should not get roots enough to pay for tjie seed sown. For vegetables and flower gardens it seems peculiarly adapted, producing a vigorous growth, with- out filling the ground with seeds of undesirable plants. Hoping that every farmer in the country may be induced to try it, I remain very truly yours, THOMAS E. HATCH. WpBCESTER 12th Month, 4, 1861. Respected Friend, J. D. Lovbli.: — I herewith annex a statement of the result of an experiment with a bag of Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime, which I bought of thee last spring. On a piece of land which has been used as a vegetable garden for a number of years, I planted six rows of corn, twenty-five rods long and four feet wide, running north and south. On the east side three rows were planted with the Super- phosphate, a large spoonful in each hill. The other three rows were planted with a shovelful of strong barnyard manure. At hoeing time 25 pounds of Super-phosphate were added to the first three rows, by being scattered on the surface round the hill. The latter showed tassel on the 13th of 7th month (July), the former the 20th. The top stalks were cut green ajid fed to cattle at the usual ripeness, the corn lemaining on the butts. « The corn was husked in the field on the 26ih of 10th month (October), wit^ the following results: The Super-phosphate gave 611 pounds, which at 70 pounda the bushel, gives 7 19-70 bushels. The manure gave 414 pounds, or 4 47-70 bushels. Cost of 105 pounds Sup«r-pho»phate, at 2 1-4 MBta S2 86 Dropping in the hill 12 1248 Two loads bani7«rd manure i «2 60 Hauling to lot and dropping 75 83 2.} When the Phosphate was dropped in the hill, it was lightly covered "wUi a little dirt, with the foot. Result of produce of corn in ikvor of Super-phosphftte, 2 67-70 bushels ; io expense, 77 cent«. RespectfttUy, CHARLES HADWEN. 30 vicinity. I ha?e tS;e„?.rb?e7dttrbV";;;«^^ "^°^ °'^"« >" *^^- and by so doing dispoBiL of S thev JJl "°^"rT"*'°» *° "«. case the article prorinir of no Tall /^ * ^°°^ fertilizer, in every favor of Coe's8u'per;'?os;LTeo7L?;r°°' ""P''°°' "^ ^^''^ '« W.r25^rn' °'^^^^^^^^^^ la.t March, one ing tharf ftherwise, and i DaVdo^[,' ^^ ^' P"P°*^ °^"P"'^ nearlyanacreofgroinrbvXLKn K^*? "^^ '^'"- I prepared After harrowing Ind opening thfhi?Uo!??"* *'" T^" °^ barn manure, the whole piece alike -then dronn„H tK^ ° *'°'"*^'' '" ^^'^ ^"'. "erving spoonful of Phosphate in eanhhTv^'u'""' P""'»S '^ »»«aping table? I left without PhChate ^'"' '""'^ '^« *"«?*'«" °f <>»« 'ow, which app'ea:arc:tre7d;^^^^ in adv:LTo;^le'otr^^^^« *^« -» -«^« ''« twice the size, contL^ rkeen fo' '^'Vr • "' ^"^'^•"K »'^ ■ of the PhospKs ?aTas'l our^uirir' ^^ '^P"^«"- "^^ the benefi « faith in your effort, to produce" the t.^^'T' '° *'°'^"'"*'« y°" «f ™y offered," I herewith send vou an orl. f ^°*^ ™°'* economical manurj which please forward vk RoLn ^ »/"'' °"^ *°° °^ *•>« Phosphate, New Durham StaSn "''°° *"i ^""f .^^ Cocheco RailrSad to Kespectfully yours, rt • r. , ^^^- A. WALKER. Chaxrmanmcnap County CommissSners, A correspondent asks wl,«f „ ^^^ "*''^''' ^*'' •^"- 2. 1861. of Coe's SuVr.pho8phate"of Lim"e' 'T''"? 'r'*'^ '««"d *« ^^e use hundred pounds^f Messrs ciTi Co 'S 5 '^^' ^\P"'''hased a few our jfarden the past season and ite eff^lV °^^°«'°»' ^^ich we used on wonderful. A handful thrown ii^o f MM f" ''PP^'^^' ^^^ "^'j &c., when planting hasSMo " f *'°"'' cucumbers, beans, former experience ^ ^ *^' "°P' "°^ multiplied it beyond all * bor^b^St&vt^lif::?^^^^^^ ^ little of the Phosphate, It is unquestionably a great ferSliir iL ^^^T^' ^" "«««* **>« "ti^le We intend to gi,. ftai:?: I^^ndTd 'u^e^rtSL* ytat^^^^' '» »"^«^- ^Editobs OP Columbian RBGftTKB. DEABfiru. T i. , ^ONcoBD, Januorv 20, 1862 pen™.., ,Mo. xVair^tr^":-;--,^- tr^:t"s^ (T;r f. 19, 1861. others in this enting to me, lizer, in every and that in t March, one rexperiment- I prepared barn manure. ' hill, serving raping table- e row, which orn made its ng time was ■ ich period it [but dressed one-quarter the •' white wiih entire the benefits I you of my ical manure Phonphate, Railroad to CER, ssionerst 2, 1861. to the use ased a few e used on ivas really irs, beans, leyond all* 'hosphate, he article. Q market. iftXKH. , 1862. of Lime sed with >f an ex- of Coe's 81 Phosphate as compared with stable manure. I selected four rows of equal length through my corn-field, all dressed alike, with stable manure. Upon two rows I used Coe's Phosphate at the rate of one table-spoonful m each hill ; upon the other two rows I used no Phos- phate, and by actual weight at harvesting the following remarkable result was determined : 107 hill, with Pho.phate.....................?. 117 lb,, .ound corn. 10 " loft " The efiect upon the entire field where the Phosphate was used was to every appearance; both during the growth and harvesting of the corn, equally marked. 8 '"«= y-^tu. If the farmers of New England desire to raise the largest crops, at the least possible expense, I would advise them to use Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime. Respectfully yours, J. F. DAY. CoNCOBD, N. H., Oct. 1, 1861. l« f'n Pf^^'ONS. Esq , -My Dear Sir :-I have been using more or less of Coes Super-phosphate, for the last three seasons, upon my inter- val land. I first purchased a small quantity of it in the spring of 1859, for the purpose of trying it, and applied it to corn, upon old pasture ground, which had never before been manured, to my knowledge The TJ'll f.i:^^ experiment far exceeded my expectations, and convinced me that the application of 300 pounds per acre would secure a fair crop ot corn on that land, which would not produce a remunerative one with- out manure. Its subsequent and increased use, during the two last years, has •atisfied me of its value as a fertilizer, and that, in its present purity, and at its present price, ($45 per ton.) it is more economical than most other concentrated manures in our market. I am glad to learn that you have interested yourself in the sale of it as your name will afford assurance of the genuineness of the article' and ot the reasonableness of the price at which it is offered Very respectfully yours, &c., J. B. WALKER. k Wabnkb, N. H., Dec. Z3, 1861. Messrs. Cob & Co. :— Your favor of the 14th inst. was duly received, in reply to your inquiries about the use and results of Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime in this vicinity the past season, I am happy to say its application gave very general satisfaction—so much so that the testimony 18 strongly in favor of its use. and many that used it the past seaaon will purchase more largely next spring. The Super-phosphate was mostly used for the corn crop, some of the farmers estimating the increase of the crop at least 26 per cent. I procured a bag of Coe's " brand " at Manchester. last spring, as also pnni ^^^^JV^^"^ ^^?^o- I experimented with the two manures in equal quantities, on different soils and crops — such as corn, potatoes, beans and turnips. In every instance, the Super-phosphate exhibited the most marked effects. r r tr i«u*icu f + M .xi»rim„l. would h... .Un itZ°>hZ\J>tll r^..""?' '"',""" employed bTp?oS'-,nd»rn' f r,'-" '"""•"'"« "«"'"• -^""Oy Annual amount of Bnni Dust 40,000 tons, at £6. . . . Sup« Dhosphate, made from Bone and Bone" AshM ?7n',^ super-^wphatei, from copro»ite8....:.:.°.._. •::::::::: m'S £1,370,000 (Signed,) LEVI BAKTLETT. n„ „ Hawover, Mass., February 15, 1861 with the results : On my field of corn th« m»,ti!^*^-^ ^"' ^^^ ^''*''^' fidlur; M ! 3"«^* ^^''^'' ''^^"' '* ^«« "«t "«ed the crop wfs a failure. My potaloe crop wa« doubled in quantity where I used U Yours, truly, WM. CUnflS. 88 I vicinity till )ubt further of our farm ■ed it freely ig twice the ture, except attached to I and other over. The Id Kngland, New Kng. nd, S.'.^jer- rs, for ijone 69, recently r on •• The .£240,000 • 77(t,WO . 360,000 £1,370,000 1. annually r "rented interest to lat can be the most V England late. LETT. >, 1861. of Lime, My testi- wherever 08t of my planting, 1 where i the facts, was truly the acre, '8 earlier lion, that pplied to leighbora )8 I real- w vigor- op was a i it. RTIS. • North Eabton, January 10, 1862. 8i«:— We have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime for the last two or three years on potatoes and corn, and were highly pleased with its effects. o ■/ IT We think it is much the best and most economical fertilizer that w« have ever used. Yours, respectfully, AL80N GILMOUE. FRED. L. AMES. Lakkvillr, December 14, 1861. Mb. J. Seckell,— Sir :— Having used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime which I purchased of you last spring, I do most cheerfully recommend it to the public as one of the best fertilizers now in use for corn, vegetables, grains, and the various products of the farm and »"^on. Yours truly, B. H. STROBREDGE. ExPEBiMENTs IN P0TA.T0E fcuLTUKE,— Mr. John Pereue, of Mont- ville, Ct., gives us the result of an experiment which he made last year, to test the comparative value of various commercial manures for potatoes! He planted five patches of twenty-four square feet— soil sandy loam, manured the i/revious year with stable manure— with Silver Lake pota-' .toes, with the following result : L 'Bone Manure ^i??^** 2. 6 lbs. Bone Du»t ........."*. ot » 3. eibs. Guano , ^ „ 4. 6 lbs. Coe'» Super-phosphate .'*.".*.*.'.'.'.'.*.*.".'.'.*.'.'.'.'« <• He adds—" Judging from the appeaiance of the vines before digging, I suppose that the guano would give the greatest yield. The vines were stouter and remained green after the other vines were dead. I always apply the Super-phosphate in the hill, at the rate of 350 pounds to the acre. I never lose by the rot one bushel to the 100 on my dryest soil ; but in an adjoining field, where the soil is stronger, they rot in a wet season badly. I planted potatoes around some young pear trees, and mulched them ; the result was, two-thirds rotted." Newbubt, Vt., March 25, 1861. Messrs. Coe & Company,— Gents :— I have used Coe's Super-phos- phate of Lime for three or four years, generally in corn. My method of using it is, to put about a table-spoonful into each hill, then kick a little dirt over it, then drop the corn. I have watched its effects care- fully, and find that on which I use it is a very much larger growth, and 18 full two weeks earlier in ripening off in autumn ; and I have no doubt I have got one-third more corn than when I have used guano and other manures. Yours, respectfully, TIMOTHY MORSE. NOBTH Andoveb Depot, Mass., February 19, 1861. Gents :— Having used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime for the past three years, I can with entire confidence recommend it as the best fertil- izer used, either for the field or garden crop, and it needs but the trial to satisfy the most skeptical of its most invaluable fertilizing properties, 5 / 4 I i i 34 CKdited to tbia invalu.ble httUiZr .. i„ '^' .i' '"""" '' '» •» and treatment „., tW ..me On. hilf J^ H? ?""" '■"'•°' """ '»» with rh„.pk.,.. „ri„g':T„^h„'':,:;5:;7„«t^°/kS;v«;j;7'' p'«"^ tmuo to use.it and shall depend upon you for a supply ^ ''''" *=°"' Yours, truly, JOHN DAY. Oentlfmfv t„ ^*'''^'' MAiDEy, February 27, 1861. pho?pLT:rL->rru5d*:brv;';^:;Th;'°^ ;coe's super. • gra„ and garden ;egetable8. ZTall^l^T L\Zw:""^ '' ""''^ ?''""• shows that this PhosnhatP i« «vI;i<.m • j-i °'^' "^ experience crop., .e.er.l .,peSrh.v:Zt"rd t T' 1°"'. "" '"' "t"' fo, corn „„ ploo^ghea .ft., .preadTg ?i„ m'."„,e TtZ7l"" ""'' Yours, respectfully, GEORGE SARGENT. n T . ^^'^^o^' Mass., Feiruarv 23. Ifif? I GF.NTS,-Last spring I ploughed up about five acres o/JaJ tillage and pasture land. It had been tilled and mlZrJ^ /"-T* out manure for more than fifty years and 1 nnn? ? l'"°'* '''''^• but sorrel and white weed would .row 1/..,^ • T '\ '''** ""'^^"8 I hardly knew whaV J do S thfTnH V m "^'"^^^ Proportions^ lars peJ acre, and I had bTt Htn! in" ' , ''""''^ "°* «"" ^°' '«" dol- concl ded togoto'L^tntV; tt^ Ze mTnT^^^^^^^^ ' ^-^^ we call it in the rnu"*— «n^ tr- --.- ^ -^ "'^^ manures, as a_„,, ,.n(? trj asc mure €xp6nulon^ for I had spent 35 formerly many dollars in experimenting in Boston and New York manures, with indifferent guccesi. '"-^ew lorK I purchased of Messrs. Parker, Gannett & Osgood, one-half ton of n;nV..!"r'^ M P^"'° ?*■ ^''"*'' "'"^ '*»° <■"" 'I'^t^mination if it f.ilcd to Lm^rnW *?'' """'""• *." "P""" '*>« ^'^"'^ ^hioK to the farming community and pronounce it a humbug. About the 25th of May I IZ?.7 ^?° «r°"" wi h a good .tout shovelful of good barn manure, and so on alterna e Iv until I had used seven ox loads of the barn manure; 1 then plan ed two corn : r'V''*' '^' ^'^""^^"'^ "^ ^^'■"'«' ""d '" th« "ext two , nnteJ CO n without any manure. I thus continued to plant the corn, tJo row, Tbect fn'fhU* '"^ t^vo without, till I had planted fonr acres, m" object in this arrangement was to place it side by side with animal nianure. and also alone by itself, and to murk the JesiUts I pl"nTed t' ITT^. r' °^ '^' ^''^' "^""^ °"° ^"'^ "'i^h potles. puu ng in field For°a 1 tM Tu '^"'"f"'^ of Super-phosphate is I did i,^ the c'o rn neia. for all this labor and expense 1 was the laughinjr stock of the farmers in the neighborhood; they said I was spending time and money on an old, worn-out piece of land and would get but little for my trou- ble. I was situated very much like Robert Fulton, when he aUempted tL'roVNTJ y' t'"r' '"^"^ y^^^","««' "P '^^ North Rfv^Tm the city of New York. Every one said it would be a failure and he was a fool to try it But now for the results. The corn w! h Pho "pLte came up first, looking healthy, dark and strong. That which was planted with barn manure was behind some day., and looked ye ow and eeble, while that which had no manure in the hill was a lo^ng tim in coming up, and looked miserable and worthless. The potatoes came up equally strong, and produced over two hundred bushels per acre The corn manured w,th the Phosphate, kept ahead of the other all the "season To ^nl""''^ '. '^^f^"" ""P- '^'^^* P°'""" ''^ '^'^ fi^'d which r cefved no manure produced no ripe corn. The value of the crop on this field ?wfhuS'!5n 1 "^ corn.potataes.and corn fodder, amounted to ovor two hundred do lars, a snug little sum for a poor country farmer. In try Goes Super-phosphate of Lime, it will do wonders, and pay yoj handsomely for your outlay. jj . w. GUSHING Or.«^= tr • J Hardavick, Mass., November 30, 18G0. OENT8.- Having made a trial of Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime with and independent of, other manures and fertilizers. I will, as a mat'ter of common interest state the general results of th^ exper ments which I made during the last season, aclf\iu% "" P'^'^/"-^ *"°°^' ^^'P '''^'"' (^""'^ *« is common to our good hill farms in this town,) which had not been hoed for several years. 1 spread on barnyard manure, and dunged part of it in the hi'l S;fi!,^.PY\^ «PP^;«^ Super-phosphate in t'he £ll. at the rate ot a thSn"'"'!i"r°!'^^^ 1° L"1>"' ^"^"'"8 ^' ^^"1^ «a'"i before dropping the corn, and planted the field with corn. I applied the Super-phosphate 86 again after the first hoeing, at the rate of about two-thirds as much per hill as I used at planting. Where the Super-phosphate was nut fhl corn came up a darker color than where the LnL was puTin tChUl and the corn was better through the season, and yielded better! and was nper and sounder at the time ofharvest. The pumpkin crop was ex^a! 2ftv k"\' r^"' '^' Super-phosphate was applied, the yield'^o7corn was fifty bushels per acre. It also did well on squashes. I made aiotW experiment with several fertilisers, on a piLo? ground where no manure had been spread, as follows : ^ °° 1st. I used ashes, plaster and lime; three parts of ashes two of tirof c^:."' ''"^' "^^'^ ^^" ^""^ P"' - '^« ^'". and pVnTeV: wifh'^'corn.^""^''^ * ^""^ '"''' ^" *^' ^^^ ^'* ^«" "^«°"«. and planted above. '^° " ^^"^ '°''' Super-phosphate was applied, and planted as At the time of harvest, the corn where the Super-phosohate was applied yeilded about one-third more than where the hen Sure was put and double of that where the ashes, plaster, and lime were nut I vW f "P^'-Pt°«Pbate on peas and beans, and 'the crJps we e ^double atisfactrV?n '' J^''' «. was not applied. The results have been nSnl, ?^»v. . T^ experiment I have made with Coe's Super- phosphate, that I propose to try it another year, and from my present convictions woud recommend it to the favorable notice of fame?s rs a good and cheap fertilizer. Yours, truly, 'armers, as a JOHN B. WITHERELL. -, ^ West Newton, December, 1861. Messrs. CoE & Co., Bosten,— Gentlemen :— I have used more or less of Coe's Phosphate of Lime for the last three years The pasTseason [have experimented with it in connection with barnyard manure I planted four rows of corn side by side-two with Super-phosphate of Lime, and two with barnyard manure. Those manured^wth Phosphate TaVfL :: ;r^ through the whok season, the differenle Wnoficel! color /«/>.." "'" T^^ ^' ^"H"^*^y seen-more thrifty and better color, and heavier in all respects. I tried it also, with potatoes in the same way; hose manured with yard manure, we^e consWerbly worm! si ;k ^°?"j """^ ^V^'''^^ ^''' f'"'^ any thing of tbrkind-veT; smooth and handsome. 1 regret I had not used it for my garden sauce ifan ZoZ'\ "n- '^"" ''""^^r' ^^^ *^'°« ^^ *^- kin'dCe rrp?dTy than any other fertilizer m use. I think it is the most economical and productive article in use as a fertilizer. economical and Yours, respectfully, B. I». WHITTEMORE. rp, . . ., Raynham, December 14, 1861. This 18 to certify that I have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime with fn he' m^S'l T"*^'' ^'^'- '' '^' ^^«*' and'mosf reliable fSililri m the market. I have used it in top-dressing mv srass land nnd f«! corn and cereals with a good result. T ^a^e "l ™L!"!^„f ',''",'? J°' once in my neighbor's cfops where the Supertphosphate^TsteSn^S; 37 and am of the opinion that if its use were more general, that we should not so often be pamed in harvesting not more than one-half of the crops we ought, from the soil which God has given us to cultivate. Yours, GAINES DEAN. Meikose, Mass., February 5, 1861. Gents,-I have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime to a limited ex- tent for several years, and confess that with each year's experience. I am rnnllo*/? T° T"""!?"^ °^^'' meritorious qualities as a stimulant when applied to the cultivation and perfection of the ordinary products of the kitchen garden. Its beneficial efi-ects as a top-dressing for grass land and xn strawberry culture, are apparent and satisfactory. 1 can confidently and safely assure you and the public, that it is Vin my opinion) a profitable as well as a convenient and economical fertilizer. Yours, truly, JOHN HOBART CLARK. Habtf.ord, Vt., January 4, 1861. Gentlemen —You inquire of «e the eff-ect of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime I bought of you I used it on corn, winter wheat. f?uit ^trees and garden vegetables. On all of which I found it an efficient manure. On corn I tried it in comparison ' ^^'* ^'r y""«' C°^'« Super-phosphate of Lime, and by careful experiments, in garden and field crops, I can cordially endorse your recommendations of the article, and the numerous testimonials in its favor from high and reliable sources. Very respectfully yours, E. P. CARPENTER. Hampstead, N. H... Feb. 10, 1861. Gents:-! have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime for two years. Last season I used it in the hill for corn and potatoes, and also applied It to my mowing lands ; I found in all cases it had a beneficial effect. I have used Guano, and other kinds of Super-phosphate of Lime, for several years past, and I came to the conclusion last fall when gathering my crops that Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime was cheaper and bette? used T"Z1 ^r°"' r. "''^ otter Super-phosphate that I have ever used. 1 think the quality was rather hetfpr Igaf- ve»r fV,„j. ♦!,„ _^^^ Jnf^n'n'rJ P® ^r. ""'" ''''°'^°"° ^'^ ""^^ *« K°od this season, for I intend to buy more of It. Respectfully yours, ISAAC SMITH. ni 88 East Middlebobocgh, Mass., Feh. 1, 1861. Gents :--I have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime in various ways have exper.mer,ted with it on grass, land" co^n, garden vegetaWes &c al of which have been highly satisfactory. Among other^expSents' last season I planted with corn one acre of high, light, sandy Lnus^n!; for manure three bags of your Super-phosphlt; of L merm^ixed wi L f in S hUl "t"; e r^ ,?"'• P"^V> •^''"^ three-quarters if'he mTxtt: in each hill. The result was really wonderful ; drought did not affect it and the crop was bountiful indeed. My brother, who has been fo; thltLT' ""VY ^"'"™i"«« of the -Agricultural Society, remarked tl\ -f if " ^'??. ^r '^"^ « «PJ^ndid field of corn. On my grass land .t has proved highly beneficial and productive of good crops.* On my vines, squashes, melons, &c.. it not only insures good crops bu" p oved a sure protection from bugs. In fact, wherever 1 have used it have been amply rewai;ded. and I consider it the best fertSLer in use. Yours, &c., WILLIAM S. EDDY. * CliARLESTOAVN, N. H., February 28, 1860. .n,J^'^^' , ® ^l^^^y' ^^°° °"^ <^f t^^ose farmers who, so Ions as I xJ^t^anv P ^'^°^^• '•"^"•^ ™^'^"^^' "^^^^ ^^^ ^-^^^ t; use!toany often ;ta^o°lf "T^'^'f "^"'""'^'^ ' ^'^ ^^''^ ^^^^ ^'"t^^ed stock! Sen nnw ; ' ' *^' '°'' P"'P°'" of keeping up the manure heap Listen now to my experience with your improved Super-phosphate of I planted fifteen acres of corn about the lOth of Maylast; one-half Zir^Z'^i *\'-'''" .'r^"P "^"' ''"^ i" J"°« it w^as cu down by frost. After ploughing and hoeing it once, and there being no percentible difference in its appearance, I concluded, at the second hoeing To try your improved Super-phosphate of Lime upon a part of the f dd I gave each hiil three ounces, that being at thS rate of 500 pounds to" the acre, and immediately hoed the corn, covering the impVoved Super- phosphate with earth. The effect was almost instantaneous The corn commenced growing, became of a dark green in color, and outstrinned in growth the corn in the rest of the field so immeasurably thatTas tK« >^''m'* *^1 ^"'^*^''"' "W'^yi^that corn so much\ettr than Las Ze it." ' "^' ""' °' "''""'' "^°^'« Super-phosphate of L^me Now I am so well satisfied with its effects upon that trial that 1 shall CAPT. JOHN DUNSMOOR. „ ^ , Melbose, Feb. 23, 1860. ref^n^t r}TT\r'^ agricultural paper we find something in o^retd; ;'el Jtov^rtd. P°^"°^^' '"' '''''' '' ^' ^^^^^-'^^ -- Ihore 18 an impression among farmers that barnyard manures have a tendency to increase the rot, consequently the necessity f™ some othir fertilizer is greatly needed. I havs ,r«pH r''. «•, i-l- " . "^ °."^' fr ?.i r' ?T y'^^"' °°" ™y poTato fieids.'Ty^;;:ri:;Vgin the hill when I planted them. My potatoes have be^en peffeJtly frJe 39 from any rot, and the yield abundant, while my neighbors have com- plained of the loss by the rot on adjoining fields. I therefore have good reason to believe that your Super-phosphate is not only a remedy for the potato rot, but the most economical fertilizer yet produced. There has been some rivalry between your Phosphate and Peruvian Guano in our section. I last year determined to test the qualities of each on my cornfield; for this purpose I planted four rows through my field with your Phosphate ; I used a gill to each hill. I also planted four rows with the Peruvian Guano, and applied the same quantity of Guano. The corn started equally well, but in the latter part of the season the rows with the Phosphate seemed to get the* advantage, and at harvesting the four rows on whi(h I applied the Phosphate produced seven bushels of corn, and the four rows on which the Guano was applied produced six bushels of corn. The coat of the Phosphate was $45 per ton, and the cost of the Guano was $65 per ton. Yours truly, D. M. DUNHAM. „ _ , Bbookfielp, N. H., Feb. 25, 1861. UENTs:— I last year made a careful experiment with Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime on corn, putting a table-spoonful in uach hill on two rows, and leaving two rows without any manure; the result, by measure, was four bushels where the Super-phosphal.j was used, and only two bushels where it was rot used. I also used it on potatoes and grass, with equal advantage. I believe it to be an economical and reliable manure, and it is a matter of surprise to me that no more publicity has been given to its merits. Yours truly, FREEMAN CHAMBERLAIN. ^ . . West Bhidgewateb, Feb. 15, 1858. Gents :--I have used Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime for the last two years, and I am free to state my conviction that it has made a reputation lor Itself with me, having experienced the most satisfactory results in Its use; and, added to my own experience, I have the testimony of others m this neighborhood, who have tested its suiieriority over all other Phosphates. Its use, therefore, with them, as with myself, is no longer to be con- sidered an experiment, but a fact. I anticipate a rapidly growing demand for this concentrated manure, because it will be found cheaper than any other, taking into account the duration of its influence. During the two seasons I have planted corn, using t. handful of Coe's Super.phosphate of Lime in each hill for manure, and am satisfied^of the great benefit resulting from the practice. I have j»lanted potatoes in this way, and applied it to roots, vines, «fec., with like good returns. It would gratify me to go into detail at this timo, but I must close, stating my conviction that powerful impulse has been given to the labors of the farmer m the introduction of " Coe's Super-p'aosphate of Lime." J. H. GROSSMAN. . . NATiCK,./iinMary23, 1862. btE:— My experience in the use of "Coo's Super-phosphate ot Lime IS so decidedly in its favor as to enable me to attest ;!1 i i 40 mmmmm Yours truly. l. WINCH: aot touch it I fonn^ f K . * u "^*^''' ^''^ '^°™« *°d ^irds would n«,.» <• i!^ X ' *"^ "^"6 result was seventy-five bnslipla fn ♦!,«> Yours respectfully^ jamES D. HOSMER. Messrs. Kendall & Whixney -gS .^'f '^'T^T ^^' ^«^^- your customers with »b.. will bo for their Sat "to ptXse '"'" readily appreciated. "' *^® <'°"»P"«on being more 733 lbs. 555 " ?hrp°hareri?« |g s- ''''' III '"".^•^'^ ^^^^'p" p.r -- Thus you see, that a little more than half the money exu-^nded f^r •' Coe 8 Super-phosphate of Lime," gave a creatVr vield fl,n !i I double the sum paid for Guano Thi';. and am con- Yours, respectfully, RUSSELL JARVIS. «,„ ,, , , Needham, Peiruary 15, 1858. facfory Wtr "'"^ '^' " ^°''' Super-phosphate of Lime " with satis- fertiLe^rof'sim? U-%'".*k' "^""'^^ °^ ^°«*°" «'« <=°">Pe"ed to buy H.fll f . u, ^ ^"'*^' '' becomes necessary to adopt the best substi- latSttS'^^' "'• T ^^'^^^ °"' ^^^^•^' ^« ^' cannotVd to had he latter article especially to this place (about eleven miles) from the citv pot'^t'oerrnir^iie'pt '""l '''^"P'^^*^ ^^^ beena/plledrcott'd Respectfully yours, £. K. WHITTAKER. Melrose, February 23, 1860. to the '"^t in tZ n'r7 «gf "Itural paper we fitd something in regard yet discovered. '' ^""^*°"' '"' ''^^^ ^^ ""^ ^^^^^^^^^^ <=^"- ^^ rem'edy tJ^ZZ'^ *° impression among farmers that barnyard manure has a wLn T^ 1 '^f\y«''" °° ™y potato fields, by putting a gill in the hTu 6 / 42 fl There has been some rivalry between Coe'a Phosphate and Peruvian Uuano in /our section. I last year determined to test the qualities of each on my cornfield ; for this purpose I planted four rows through my field with Phosphate ; I used a gill to each hill. I also planted four rows with the Peruvian Guano, and applied the same quantity of Guano. 1 he corn started equally well, but in the latter part of the season the rows with the Phosphate seemed to get the advantage, and at harvesting the four rows on which I applied the Phosphate produced seven bushels of corn, and the four rows on which the Guano was an- plied produced six bushels of corn. The cost of the Phosphate was ?45 per ton, and the cost of the Guano was $65 per ton. Yours truly, d. M. DUNHAM. SciTUATE, January 18, 1862. Messrs. Paekeb, Gannetx & OsQooD.-Sirs ;-My opinion of Coe's buper.phosphate of Ltme is, that it is an excellent fertilizer; that it has paid me well in using the past season, and I recommend it as of great advantage m forwarding and increasing the several crops I decided to use this fertilizer after reading the statements, from those who had used it, published in the .circular you furnish, and bought of you, on the 10th of May last, eight bags, also bbught four bags Peru- vian Guano, both of which were applied to different crops with good results. In order to satisfy myself as to the comparative, worth and merits of these two fertilizers named, I adopted the following course with my corn crop : after spreading on the field of ^ acres, which was alloted this crop, a fair coating of barnyard manure, which was ploughed m, and after harrowing, marked out as usual for corn, I put in a table- spoonful of Guano in the hill, taking ten rows directly through the piece, then leaving two rows, I applied the same quantity of Phosphate on the next ten rows omitting two rows as before,-adopting this course throughout the field, or, until the Guano was expended. The remainder of he piece was planted with the Phosphate only, mixing each with the soil previously to dropping the corn. Now, as to the result, in nine days the corn was all up, and in two weeks time the difference in size and color, in favor of the rows where the Phosphate was used was marked, m fave weeks from the time the corn was planted, it was one-third taller and a darker green color, which continued until the corn spindled. Many persons, id passing the field, asked the cause of the difference, and there was but one answer viz: The Phosphate has dom it. At harvesting the yield was one fourth more corn where the Phosphate was used, than on that portion of the piece where the Guano was used. After planting this field, I bought of you eight bags more of this Phos- phote and ploughed a piepe of pasture land. Six bags of this was applied to the piece, which was planted to corn, with good success. One ba^^ Xr/i;!; ?wT.^v P°*^*°««-*!\« 'e«"lt good. One acre of melon's planted with this fertilizer done well, many of the water-melons weighing twenty..f?ve pounds, musk-melons weighing eighteen pounds. My experience has convinced me of its superior fertilizing qualities, and commends itself as the best fertilizer used. Yours respectfully, E. PARKER WELCH. J Peruvian lualities of trough my mted four uantity of >art of the ge, and at I produced 10 was ap- phate was fHAM. I, 1862. a of Coe's r; that it id it as of rom those bought of ags Peru- vith good rorth and ig course vhich was ploughed 1 a table- the piece, ite on the is course emainder with the t, in nine :e in size 3 marked, ird taller 1. Many ind there isting the than on lis Phos- 9 applied One bag f melons kveighing jualities, ;LCH. . 43 -, Kingston, January 23, 1862. Messrs. Parker. Gannett & Osgood:—" Coe's Super-phosbhate of Lime- ,s profitable to use on all farm crops. On mrsoil7which is a sandy loam, the crop is increased by the use of it. resuts have pro ed vth th.-r^'n-"' '"'^"''^^ ^'" '"^"*'''°= * fi«Jd\)f corn was pCted with this fertilizer putting it in the hill, a few rows in the piece were ZTfLt'' """'^'-^ '*'/"'■ *^ y'^^'l °f ^°'" °» those rows ^s LTd ly excelled. ""^' " '^" ^''^^ °^ '^'' ''^^'^'^ ^"'^ '^' Phosphate was I have the evidence of others, who having used it, that it has given Ihem equal satisfaction with myself, and will continue in futuJe to use it" Respectfully yours. CALEB BATES. _ Concord. Mass., January 10, 1862. ,'T. ,y experience in the use of Coe's Super-phosDhate of T imA Et^^^j^y r^'^\^*"^y- ^y '-'™-y » sorwEatSd a to": value as a fertilizer, having used it only one season. I have been in the pactice of using the best Peruvian Guano for some ten years or more -! hav ng heard so much in favor of Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime?? pur- with other fertUizers on my potatoes, dealing out each as nearlv as I WhereTl"^ to the.cost, to ascertain tL relative value of eah Where the Super-phosphate was used, its superior fertilizing effects were SilfJ^r"'"*^" ^''''''^ "^ '^' potatoes throughout the%eason. and the yield was one quarter more in favor of the Super-phosphate. fJnr^ntf'T^^'^l^''.'^^'^^^ ^^^^ *^« preference wasdccidcdly in favor of the Super-phosphate of Lime. ^ Knowing that one of my neighbors, a man of much experience and i'no'aridorlf"*'"^''*•;'^' Super-phosphate of Lime the ^Lt seaso'l s^v^ [h, / ™ V "'" ''u "' V° •'°">Parison with other fertilizers. He says it 18 superior to any thing he ever used. Respectfully yours, R. A. SHAW. ,, Walpoxe, Mass., January 11, 1862. Messrs. Parker, Gannett & Osgood,— I purchased of vou last pCL'^v*'"" °'?^'^ Super-phosphat; of ^Lime which /useih planting my corn and potatoes, and I can truly say I derived tnuch iTof MTooLtr- ^'' ''""^ n^'^'"' bountifulfy, a'nd was sounS from rot^ ^ """' "''"' ' "'^^ ""^ ^^^ better-large and free To all persons using fertilizers I would say, buy Coe's Super-phos- phate of Lime in preference to any other. I usk no other manure Yours truly, jra qill. North Leominster, January 8, 1862. tntl^'ZS''^ ' Phosphate of Lime gives the best satisfaction of any fer- tilizer sold here. Farmers that have used the Peruvian Guano hereto- ZntT -r?^ """^ ''•' """« '^' P^^^P'^*'^ of Lime, and give the pe ference.to it m every instance. Yours truly, J. A FISKE 44 Fbankfoht, Mc, January 12, 1862. Messrs. Pahkeb, Gannett & Osgood,— Dear Sirst-.^y oxperi- ence ,n the use of •• Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime" was with potatoes, turnips and beans, the land, where the potatoes were planted, received a light coating of stable manure, which was harrowed in. using one gill of this Phosphate in the hill. To test its worth. I left five rows through the middle of the piece without using any, these latter rows produced but one-half as many potatoes as any other five rows where the fertil- izer was applied. The same results were realized in my turnip crop, the yie d being double where the Phosphato was used, and the beans gave a threefold yield, over that part of the field where it was not used. It also proved efiectual in keeping av.ay worms in the soil, and is the best thing in use to apply to check the mischief so often done to crops Jrom this cause. I thoroughly mixed it with the soil before putting in the seed. Yours, &c.. aNLEEW J. KNOWLES. Cape Elizabeth Me., December 18. 1862 Messrs. Kendall & Whitney,— My experience in the using « Coe's Super-phosphate of Lime," bought of you, has proved satisfactory. Last season I took one acre of sandy land and spread it over with compost manure, planting the piece to corn. In the first eight rows I used the Phosphate, putting in the hill one table-spoonful at the time of planting and in the next eight rows a shovel of compost manure was used and in this manner went through the field. The result was, where the Phosphate was used the corn filled out the best and yielded the largest crop. My experience will lead me to make a more extended use ot It the next season. Yours truly, SAM'L HASKELL. — ^— • Watland, January 26, 1862. SiH :— For all cultivated crops, I am well satisfied that " Coe's Super- phosphate of Lime" pays a very large per cent, on the money invested, more than any other manure I ever used. The ease with which it can be applied, is a very great recommenda- tion for It; a man can wheel enough in a barrow, at once, to manure an acre in the hill. The past season I planted my potatoes the middle of June, hoping by planting so late no< to have any large potatoes, but only medium sized one», deeming the latter much better to use at home. For inanure I used meadow mud, well pulverized, a shovelful in the • I'^S, ^^^ .P°""^' Super-phosphate of Lime, per acre, also applied in the hill, at time of planning. Notwithstanding the very great drought in June, my crop came up quickly, and grew very fast, and at harvesting I found a large crop of very large potatoes, which disappointed me very much ; I never raised larger potatoes. On one side of my land I left two rows which were planted without Phosphate, where I got small potatoes, and enough of them, too. , ° On my sweet corn I put it upon half my field, and it forced that corn upon which It was put, so that it was all used before that was fit where there was none, it certainly made it ten days earlier by applying it Yours, respectfully, JAMES A. DRAPER. 1 foot,. \h feet,. 2 tc 2i It 3 It , 4 " . 45 T^B LE. ^wlng the Quantity of S^Usually Sown to an Acre; HerdsgraM, Timothy, i to i Bus. 5™'°P itol •' KedClorer, g to 10 lbs. White Clover, 5 tod •• Lucerne, jq „ Orchard Grass 1 to 1 J Bus. 5'"e Grass j to I " Kye Grass 1 to li " ^heat, i4to2 •« S^ley-- lito2 '. Buckwheat, 1 to li " lbs. S""** 24to3 S**''.' 4 too .. f,"*?"'? 3 to5 <• ^"'•:B«««. 1 lb. ^«n»'P 1 tolilbs. S^"""' 14to2 Bus. S?;? litoli .. Showing the Quantipr of Corn Bequlred to Plant 7n Aoreof K/e Grains in the mil. nJZl]7l 18 Quarts SifeetbjS, jq •< 3 feet by 4, 7 .1 Lj:^|^y« 18 Quarts 3ifeetby3 g " 4 fefltby4, q ,« The Number of Plants Per Aore, at Given Distanoe7 1 foot,. H feet,. 2 •' . 24 •' . J " . 4 " . .43,fi60 • 19,360 . 10,890 . 6,969 ' 4,840 2,722 6 feet,. 6 •• . 9 " . 12 " . 16 «' . 18 » . Table of Weights. Barley, Beans, Blue Grass, . Buckwheat,. Clover, «« Corn, Plax Seed, . Hemp, Lucerne,. . . Millet, << per bushel , • * • • ...48 lbs <• <> • • . . • •.60 " « « ..14 " « ne just aROUND BONE This is furnished as a fertilizing substance, either as Crushed Bone, Ground Bone, or Bone Meal. This fertilizer has long been used, both in this country and Europe, and the amount used has been on a constant increase since its first intro- duction as a manure. Its effects are not only striking on the first crop, but is durable — lasting from five to ten years. And, where it has been used on pastures, cattle will feed on it in preference to other portions of the field where other fertilizers may have been used, probably owing to the large amount of Phosphate which the bone contains, as from long cropping our New England soils have become deficient in Phosphate, so much so, that in sections it has become necessary to feed the cattle with bone finely pul- verized, and many tons are sold yearly by us ; whereas, if bono was used on the land, the feeding of it would be entirely unnecessary. DIRECTIONS FOR USE. • Fob Wheat, Rte, Oats, Bahlet ob Tubnips.— From fifteen to twenty bushels is sufficient for an acre, or from eight to ten hundred pounds. After the land is ploughed, sow the bone and harrow it in with the seed ; and if you seed the land, you can calculate upon a good crop of grass for five years, without addition of manure. Foe Buckwheat. — Ten bushels, or five hundred pounds for an acre is sufiicient to insure a good crop. For Fbuit Trees and Gbape Vines it will be found a valuable and lasting manure. 'Cr.i\: n.' i >^